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US
/dɪsˈkwaɪət/
]
[ UK /dɪskwˈaɪət/ ]
[ UK /dɪskwˈaɪət/ ]
VERB
-
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
NOUN
- a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
- the trait of seeming ill at ease
How To Use disquiet In A Sentence
- There is also disquiet that many key staff were poached to set up the US series. The Sun
- And therefore (quod iterum moneo, licet nauseam paret lectori, malo decem potius verba, decies repetita licet abundare, quam unum desiderari) I would advise him that is actually melancholy not to read this tract of Symptoms, lest he disquiet or make himself for a time worse, and more melancholy than he was before. Anatomy of Melancholy
- A beggar woman and her child took shelter on the verandah at night and left behind disquieting odours.
- Maybe crushes are best left as vaguely disquieting feelings that tell us more about who we are than what we think about others. Times, Sunday Times
- Despite considerable public disquiet, the post-Maastricht period saw substantial policy development.
- Both are deep, questioning, disquieting yet also lyrical pieces. Times, Sunday Times
- There is growing public disquiet about the cost of such policing.
- The Government has also yielded to public disquiet over the inability to deliberately spoil votes.
- In Britain, the growing discussion of women's sexuality raised its own disquiet.
- Wasp larvae feeding on paralyzed caterpillars is certainly a disquieting image, to say nothing of malaria feeding on children. Behe