disquiet

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  1. transitive verb To deprive of peace or rest; trouble.
  2. noun Absence of peace or rest; anxiety.
  3. adjective Archaic Uneasy; restless.

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  • What you feel I have felt, and hope that your disquiet will be shorter than mine.' —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1
  • No sign of disquiet was there, no external suggestion of pain or trouble; I was at once startled and puzzled. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
  • Nothing was visible save a few people wandering around with looks of vague disquiet, as if they had just remembered that they wanted to do something, but what was it? —  Analog October, 1966
  • There was an instant feeling of disquiet, as if the sun had suddenly passed behind a cloud, leaving her in shadow. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • The only feature for disquiet were the thunderous detonations, the deep rumbling groans that rose up out of its far-off heart, and found a hundred echoes amongst the surrounding hills. —  The Heart of Unaga
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from dis- priv, + quiet.
  2. from disquiet, n.; or from dis- privative + quiet, v.
 

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/dɪsˈkwaɪɛt/
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