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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISQUIET, a. [dis and quiet.] Unquiet; restless; uneasy. [Seldom used.]
DISQUIET, n. Want of quiet; uneasiness; restlessness; want of tranquility in body or mind; disturbance; anxiety.
DISQUIET, v.t. To disturb; to deprive of peace, rest or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to harass the body; to fret or vex the mind.
That he may disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. Jeremiah 1.
Why hast thou disquieted me. 2 Samuel 28.
O my soul, why art thou disquieted within me? Psalms 42.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments [syn: anxiousness, disquiet]
2: the trait of seeming ill at ease [syn: disquiet, unease, uneasiness] v
1: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: circa 1530 to take away the peace or tranquillity of ; disturb, alarm Synonyms: see discompose • disquieting adjective • disquietingly adverb II. noun Date: 1581 lack of peace or tranquillity ; anxiety III. adjective Date: 1582 archaic uneasy, disquieted • disquietly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. deprive of peace; worry. --n. anxiety; unrest. Derivatives: disquieting adj. disquietingly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disquiet Dis*qui"et, a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disquiet Dis*qui"et, n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. --Swift.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disquiet Dis*qui"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? --Ps. xlii. 11. As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(disquiets, disquieting, disquieted) 1. Disquiet is a feeling of worry or anxiety. (FORMAL) There is growing public disquiet about the cost of such policing. = uneasiness 2. If something disquiets you, it makes you feel anxious. (FORMAL) This information disquieted him. VERB: V n • disquieting He found her letter disquieting. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Uneasiness, restlessness, disturbance, anxiety, vexation, trouble, disquietude, inquietude, unrest. II. v. a. Trouble, annoy, vex, disturb, worry, harass, plague, bother, molest, pester, incommode.

Moby Thesaurus

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