disquiet
IPA: dɪskwˈaɪʌt
noun
- Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
adjective
- (chiefly obsolete) Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
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Examples of "disquiet" in Sentences
- The reason for this disquiet is not far to seek.
- Drought, famine and disquiet took over the land.
- You are the one who is causing the disquiet here.
- He faced some local disquiet because of depression.
- However, little of this disquiet reached the hospitals.
- She caused some disquiet by taking the seat in her maiden name.
- My disquiet I place here in the body of the church, here in the conscience.
- This created considerable media disquiet, and Spring felt the need to respond.
- Their disquiet was shortly to be justified by the hail of bombs on the capital.
- The first to cause significant political disquiet was at Ely Hospital, in 1969.
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