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disquiet

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/
  • /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ət/ weak vowel merger
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  • rhymes with -aɪət
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K W AY1 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anxiety, disturbance, restlessness, uneasiness

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the trait of seeming ill at ease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unease, uneasiness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discomposure

5

noun

Meaning 5

a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anxiousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anxiety

6

verb

Meaning 6

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: perturb, unhinge, trouble, cark, distract, disorder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disturb, upset, trouble

Narrower terms: worry, vex

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *kwyeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kwyéh1tis Proto-Italic *kwjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētusder. French quietder. Middle English quiete English quiet English disquiet From dis- + quiet.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безпокойство (bezpokojstvo) — want of quiet
  • Bulgarian: тревога (trevoga) — want of quiet
  • German: Beunruhigung — want of quiet
  • German: Unbehagen — want of quiet
  • Latin: dīvidia — want of quiet
  • Māori: enga — want of quiet
  • Polish: niepokój — want of quiet
  • Polish: zaniepokojenie — want of quiet
  • Russian: озабоченность (ozabočennostʹ) — want of quiet
  • Spanish: inquietud — want of quiet
  • Turkish: huzursuzluk; endişe; kaygı — want of quiet
  • Bulgarian: безпокоя (bezpokoja) — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Bulgarian: тревожа (trevoža) — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • German: beunruhigen — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Greek: ανησυχώ (anisychó) — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Polish: niepokoić — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Polish: zaniepokoić — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Spanish: inquietar — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Ukrainian: бенте́жити (bentéžyty) — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Ukrainian: непоко́їти (nepokójity) — To make (someone) worried or anxious
  • Ukrainian: хвилюва́ти (xvyljuváty) — To make (someone) worried or anxious