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disquiet

[dis-kwahy-it]

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noun

lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.

verb (used with object)

to deprive of calmness, equanimity, or peace; disturb; make uneasy: The news disquieted him.

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adjective

Archaic. uneasy; disquieted.

Origin:
1520–30; dis-¹ + quiet

Related forms

dis·qui·et·ed·ly, adverb

dis·qui·et·ed·ness, noun

dis·qui·et·ly, adverb

un·dis·qui·et·ed, adjective

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But while it still baffles, there is reason for a twinge of disquiet at the state of our defense against novel diseases.

Gruesome details about the mechanics of executions also stoke public disquiet.

So far the markets have shown only muted signs of disquiet.

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But while it still baffles, there is reason for a twinge of disquiet at the state of our defense against novel diseases.

Gruesome details about the mechanics of executions also stoke public disquiet.

So far the markets have shown only muted signs of disquiet.

Emotional disquiet about negative changes in one's environment.

But it also found general, and increasing, disquiet about inequality and fat-cattery.

Consider, for example, the current disquiet about the stock market.

Those activists, aided by public disquiet and by worried murmuring from politicians of both parties, have been demanding action.

The developments added to the disquiet over handling of information related to the disaster.

The mounting disquiet reflects a huge jump in the price of property, particularly luxury flats.

Rethorst made her choreographic states of disquiet fascinating.

Advances in technology have contributed to this disquiet.

But the increasing role for public opinion is causing some disquiet too.

One measure of the modellers' prestige is the disquiet they inspired among free-market types.

At times she shows a real talent for poetry and its rhythm, and uses the disquiet in herself to capture the humanity around her.

In response to the crisis there were cuts and those in education brought considerable disquiet.

The movie was respectfully received, yet left an intriguing disquiet about his message.

Supervisory councils will oversee state-supported banks, raising the possibility of further political disquiet over appointments.

What decent citizens should feel is disquiet and indignation.

His is a prickly idiom, an idiom of precision and penetration and disquiet.

The decision to devise a triple seal undoubtedly helped pacify consumer disquiet.

Undoubtedly much of this disquiet grows out of the character of the people.

Yet far more often than not, humor is a sugar-coating for disquiet.

The music takes its time, then leaves behind not tranquillity but disquiet.

In country after country voters went to the polls to register their disquiet about the whole undertaking.

Liu's dismissal could signal disquiet over whether expansion of the rail system had gone too.

But let us first attend to the disquiet surrounding fast talk, or any prolonged or virtuoso act of human speech.

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World English Dictionary

disquiet (dɪsˈkwaɪət)

—n
1.	a feeling or condition of anxiety or uneasiness

—vb
2.	(tr) to make anxious or upset

—*adj*
3.	archaic uneasy or anxious

dis'quietedly

—*adv*

dis'quietly

—*adv*

dis'quietedness

—n

dis'quietness

—n

dis'quieting

—*adj*

dis'quietingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

disquiet

1520s, from dis- + quiet. Related: Disquieted.

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"Rejecting all organs of information ... but my senses, I rid myself of the Pyrrhonisms with which an indulgence in speculations hyperphysical and antiphysical so uselessly occupy and disquiet the mind."

-Thomas Jefferson

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