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disquietous

disquietous adjective: causing uneasiness.

Adjective

disquietous (comparative more disquietous, superlative most disquietous)

  1. (obsolete) Causing uneasiness.
    • Concerning therefore this wayward Subject againſt Prelaty, the touching whereof is ſo diſtaſtful and diſquietous to a number of men, […]1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...

Forms of disquietous

comparativemore disquietous
superlativemost disquietous

Origin of disquietous

From disquiet + -ous.

Questions about disquietous

What does disquietous mean?
Disquietous means causing uneasiness.
What part of speech is disquietous?
Disquietous is an adjective.

Words near disquietous in the dictionary

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

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