Meanings
comparative more disquieted · superlative most disquieted
- Uneasy; uncomfortable.
Adèle, more and more disquieted, finally spoke to Margaret of her uneasiness.
1915 April, Helen Jetmore Major, “When Fancy Leaves the Narrow Path”, in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 45, number 4, page 3002 more examples
If I did not view things in this light, my mind would be infinitely more disquieted than it is: for, if a crisis should arrive when a sense of duty, or a call from my country, should become so imperious as to leave me no choice, I should prepare for relinquishment, and go with as much reluctance from my present peaceful abode, as I should go to the tombs of my ancestors.
1807, John Marshall, The Life of George Washington, page 816"They seemed at first very disquieted, " reported Hunt, "but we soon reassured them .[…]"
2013, Larry E. Morris, The Perilous West, page 123
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of disquiet
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveafflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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