Thesaurus: disquiet

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1. a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
2. n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.
3. v. t. To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
4. n. a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
5. n. the trait of seeming ill at ease
6. v. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
7. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift. To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me Ps. xlii. 11. As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
8. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.
9. v:23/n:77 n. the trait of seeming ill at ease