disquiet
Syllables: dis·quiet/dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/
disquiet noun: lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind.
Noun
disquiet (countable and uncountable, plural disquiets)
- Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
- My journey had been my own suggestion, and Elizabeth therefore acquiesced, but she was filled with disquiet at the idea of my suffering, away from her, the inroads of misery and grief.1818, anonymous [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC
- Every house has its skeleton in it somewhere, and it may be a comfort to some unhappy folks to think that the luckier and most wealthy of their neighbours have their miseries and causes of disquiet.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 24, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- Synonyms:
- anxiety, disturbance, restlessness, uneasiness, care, unease
Adjective
disquiet (comparative more disquiet, superlative most disquiet)
- Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
- I pray you huſband be not ſo diſquiet. / The meate was well, if you were ſo contented.c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac...
- How rare is it for men to get their lot in the world brought up to their deſire? but are ſtill at ſome jar with their preſent condition, ſo that oft there needs no more to turn men discontent but the thought of ſome lot, which they apprehend more ſatiſfying than their own, the want whereof turns...1669, anonymous [Robert Fleming], The Fulfilling of the Scripture, or An Essay Shewing the Exact Accomplishment of the Word of God in His Works of Providence, Performed and to be Performed. For...
Verb
disquiet (third-person singular simple present disquiets, present participle disquieting, simple past and past participle disquieted)
- To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
- He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown.
- They have been brought up religiouſly, and have been accuſtomed to read, and pray; and if at any time they do neglect and omit these duties, conſcience is upon them and upbraids and diſquiets them; and they are afraid to neglect them, leſt conſcience will queſtion and trouble them.1661, Obadiah Sedgwick, “The Gifts of the Covenant. The Second Part. Chapter XIII.”, in The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant, wherein is Set Forth the Nature, Conditions and...
disquiet meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
disquiet in Tamil
- கலக்கம், அங்கலாய்ப்பு
disquiet in Urdu
- disquiet
- چنتا cintā
disquiet in Bengali
- অশান্ত, অশান্তি, অস্থিরতা, উদ্বেগ
disquiet in Malayalam
- സ്വൈരക്കേടാക്കുക, വ്യാകുലപ്പെടുത്തുക, അസഹ്യപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഉപദ്രവിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- disquiet in Kannada
- ಬೇವಸ, ತಲ್ಲಣ, ಕಳವಳ
- disquiet in Sanskrit
- व्यथयति vyatháyati
Examples of disquiet in a sentence
- My vina breaks out in a strange disquiet measure, / My heart to-day is tremulous with the heart-throbs of the world.1921 June 4, Rabindranath Tagore, edited by C[harles] F[reer] A[ndrews], Letters from Abroad, Madras: S. Ganesan, publisher, Triplicane...
- Diſturbed and disquieted them, and made them very uneaſy; he terrified and distreſſed them; […] [Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:47.]1780, John Gill, An Exposition of the Whole Old Testament, Critical, Doctrinal, and Practical. In which are Recorded the Original of...
- She had had a wonderful interview respecting Fanny on this very day, and was at this moment disquieting her mind because she could not tell her friend what had happened without a breach of confidence!c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, chapter XVI, in The Claverings:
- What disquieted the Christian friends was not that this was an awful state of affairs theologically.2014, Graham Ward, “Sense and Sensibility: The Unbearable Lightness of Certainty”, in Unbelievable: Why We Believe and Why We Don't...
Synonyms of disquiet
Forms of disquiet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | disquiets |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more disquiet |
| superlative | most disquiet |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | disquiets |
| present participle | disquieting |
| past participle | disquieted |
| past | disquieted |
Origin of disquiet
From dis- + quiet.
Words formed from disquiet
Words that rhyme with disquiet
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Questions about disquiet
- What does disquiet mean?
- Disquiet means lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind.
- What is disquiet in Tamil?
- Disquiet in Tamil is கலக்கம், அங்கலாய்ப்பு. See Disquiet meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use disquiet in a sentence?
- My vina breaks out in a strange disquiet measure, / My heart to-day is tremulous with the heart-throbs of the world.
- What part of speech is disquiet?
- Disquiet can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce disquiet?
- Disquiet is pronounced /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/.
- What is the plural of disquiet?
- The plural of disquiet is disquiets.
Words near disquiet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disquiet (page history and authors); disquiet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چنتا (Urdu) (page history and authors); disquiet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disquiet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disquiet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); व्यथयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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