The strange actions of the feverish boy disquieted his mother. Rumors of a revolution disquieted the king.
SYNONYM(S): trouble, alarm.Her disquiet made the rest of us uneasy, too.
SYNONYM(S): worry, restlessness, uneasiness, unrest.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
dis|qui|et|en — «dihs KWY uh tuhn», transitive verb. = disquiet. (Cf. ↑disquiet) … Useful english dictionary
dis|qui|et|ly — «dihs KWY uh lee», adverb. in an uneasy manner; anxiously … Useful english dictionary
dis|qui´et|ing|ly — dis|qui|et|ing «dihs KWY uh tihng», adjective. disturbing: »A very disquieting rumor spread. –dis|qui´et|ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
dis|qui|et|ing — «dihs KWY uh tihng», adjective. disturbing: »A very disquieting rumor spread. –dis|qui´et|ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
dis|qui´et|ness — dis|qui|et «dihs KWY uht», verb, noun, adjective. –v.t. to make uneasy or anxious; disturb; worry: »The strange actions of the feverish boy disquieted his mother. Rumors of a revolution disquieted the king. SYNONYM(S): trouble, alarm. –n. uneasy… … Useful english dictionary
dis|qui|si|tion — «DIHS kwuh ZIHSH uhn», noun. a long or formal speech or writing about a subject; dissertation: »scholastic craggy disquisitions (John Trapp). SYNONYM(S): treatise. ╂[< Latin disquīsītiō, ōnis < disquīrere inquire < dis apart + quaerere… … Useful english dictionary
dis|qui|e|tude — «dihs KWY uh tood, tyood», noun. uneasiness; anxiety: »A profound disquietude devoured him (Lytton Strachey). SYNONYM(S): restlessness, disturbance, disquietness … Useful english dictionary
dis|qui|si|tion|al — «DIHS kwuh ZIHSH uh nuhl», adjective. of the nature of a disquisition: »... the tyrannous flow of Henry Worthington s disquisitional lava (John Updike) … Useful english dictionary
dis·qui·si·tion — /ˌdıskwəˈzıʃən/ noun, pl tions [count] formal : a long speech or written report on a subject a lengthy disquisition on foreign policy … Useful english dictionary
dis — dis·accord; dis·advantage; dis·affect; dis·aggregate; dis·ap·pear; dis·array; dis·bar; dis·burse; dis·card; dis·charge; dis·ci·ple; dis·ci·pli·nar·i·an; dis·ci·pline; dis·claim; dis·close; dis·co; dis·co·glos·sid; dis·coid; dis·coi·dal;… … English syllables
