'Disquiet' definitions:
Definition of 'disquiet'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments [syn: anxiousness, disquiet]
noun
The trait of seeming ill at ease [syn: disquiet, unease, uneasiness]
verb
Definition of 'Disquiet'
From: GCIDE
- Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disquiet'
From: GCIDE
- Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disquiet'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? --Ps. xlii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. --Sir W. Scott.
- Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disquiet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflict,
- affright,
- agitate,
- agitation,
- ailment,
- alarm,
- all-overs,
- angst,
- anguish,
- anxiety,
- anxiety hysteria,
- anxiety neurosis,
- anxious bench,
- anxious concern,
- anxious seat,
- anxiousness,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- be tedious,
- beat,
- beat up,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- bore,
- boredom,
- bother,
- brouhaha,
- burden,
- bustle,
- cankerworm of care,
- care,
- cheerlessness,
- chills of fear,
- churn,
- churn up,
- cold creeps,
- cold shivers,
- cold sweat,
- commotion,
- concern,
- concernment,
- conturbation,
- convulse,
- creeps,
- curdle the blood,
- didder,
- disarrange,
- discombobulate,
- discomfort,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- discontent,
- dislike,
- disorder,
- displeasure,
- disquietude,
- dissatisfaction,
- distress,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dithers,
- dread,
- dullness,
- ebullition,
- electrify,
- embroilment,
- emptiness,
- ennui,
- excite,
- excitement,
- existential woe,
- fear,
- fear and trembling,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flatness,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- flutteration,
- foment,
- foreboding,
- forebodingness,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- fright,
- frighten,
- fume,
- funk,
- fuss,
- give concern,
- goose bumps,
- gooseflesh,
- grimness,
- heartquake,
- heaving,
- horripilate,
- horripilation,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- inquietude,
- jar,
- jimjams,
- jitters,
- jolt,
- joylessness,
- jumpiness,
- lack of pleasure,
- leave unsatisfied,
- load with care,
- maelstrom,
- make one tremble,
- malaise,
- misgiving,
- moil,
- nausea,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervous strain,
- nervous tension,
- nervousness,
- nongratification,
- nonsatisfaction,
- overanxiety,
- paddle,
- painfulness,
- palpitation,
- panting,
- perturb,
- perturbate,
- perturbation,
- pins and needles,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- pucker,
- put to it,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavering,
- quiver,
- quiver of terror,
- quivering,
- raise apprehensions,
- rattle,
- restiveness,
- restlessness,
- rile,
- ripple,
- rock,
- roil,
- roughen,
- rout,
- row,
- ruffle,
- rumple,
- savorlessness,
- scare,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shiver,
- shivers,
- shock,
- shudder,
- solicitude,
- spleen,
- spook,
- stagger,
- staleness,
- startle,
- stew,
- stir,
- stir up,
- strain,
- suspense,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tedium,
- tension,
- thrill of fear,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- to-do,
- tremble,
- trembling,
- tremor,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trouble,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- uncomfortableness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unhappiness,
- unhinge,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unpleasure,
- unquietness,
- unrest,
- unsatisfaction,
- unsettle,
- unstring,
- untune,
- upset,
- vexation,
- vexation of spirit,
- whip,
- whip up,
- whisk,
- work up,
- worry,
- zeal