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disquietment

disquietment noun: state of being disquieted; uneasiness.

Noun

disquietment (uncountable)

  1. State of being disquieted; uneasiness.
    • […] you stand in need of continual quickening-grace, to actuate and excite those lumps of lead, that lie heavy within your breasts: and it is the greatest disquietment of your lives, that you find your hearts so heartless and listless to what is holy and spiritual […]a. 1690, Ezekiel Hopkins, The Blessedness of them that die in the Lord

Origin of disquietment

From disquiet + -ment.

Questions about disquietment

What does disquietment mean?
Disquietment means state of being disquieted; uneasiness.
What part of speech is disquietment?
Disquietment is a noun.

Words near disquietment in the dictionary

  1. disquieting
  2. disquietingly
  3. disquietings
  4. disquietive
  5. disquietly
  6. disquietment
  7. disquietness
  8. disquietous
  9. disquiets
  10. disquietude
  11. disquietudes

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