disquiet

1. 1.

   a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

   Synonymsanxiousness

   Broaderanxiety
2. 2.

   the trait of seeming ill at ease

   Synonymsuneaseuneasiness

   Broaderdiscomposure

1. 1.

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

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

   Synonymsperturbunhingetroublecarkdistractdisorder

   Broaderdisturb

   Narrowerworry

Other forms of disquiet

plural

disquiets·

past tense

disquieted·

present participle

disquieting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disquiet

What does disquiet mean?

disquiet means "a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disquiet?

disquiet has 3 syllables: di-squi-et. The stress falls on "squi". In IPA it is /dɪˈskwaɪət/.

What is another word for disquiet?

Close synonyms include anxiousness, unease, uneasiness, perturb, unhinge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disquiet a common word?

disquiet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.