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Disquiet   /dɪskwˈaɪət/   Listen
Disquiet

noun
1.
A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments.  Synonym: anxiousness.
2.
The trait of seeming ill at ease.  Synonyms: unease, uneasiness.
verb
(past & past part. disquieted; pres. part. disquieting)
1.
Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.  Synonyms: cark, disorder, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge.






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"Disquiet" Quotes from Famous Books



... him. There was neither sorrow or disquiet expressed in them; they seemed smaller and dimmer. Her face was pale; and pale ...
— A House of Gentlefolk • Ivan Turgenev

... rambling as usual. He now spent his mornings in his laboratory, where he amused himself with experiments on the properties of mercury. His temper seemed to have suffered from confinement. He had no apparent cause for disquiet. His kingdom was tranquil: he was not in pressing want of money: his power was greater than it had ever been: the party which had long thwarted him had been beaten down; but the cheerfulness which had supported him against adverse fortune had vanished in this season of prosperity. ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... horrid puppy. I have not read the book, from disliking the author." Lockhart, however, did read Devereux, and three years afterwards, when reviewing some other novel, he said of the historical characters in that romance: "It seems hard to disquiet so many bright spirits for the sole purpose of showing that they could be dull." That was the attitude of the higher criticism to Bulwer-Lytton from, let us say, 1830 to 1860; he was "a horrid puppy" and ...
— Some Diversions of a Man of Letters • Edmund William Gosse

... under the title of counselor [asesor] and director; that he had gained such influence that he directed all the actions of the said archbishop; and that his decisions were so extraordinary that he kept all minds in a state of notable disquiet—to such a degree that he even refused recourse from the acts of fuerza, endeavoring to render the jurisdiction of the archbishop absolute, and to exclude his Majesty (as represented in the Audiencia) from his highest prerogative, that of aid ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898--Volume 39 of 55 • Various

... authority of Dr. Ploss for the statement that among the Slavs witches produce considerable disquiet in families, into which, folk say, they penetrate in the disguise of hens or butterflies. They steal the hearts of children in order to eat them. They strike the child on the left side with a little ...
— The Book of Delight and Other Papers • Israel Abrahams


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