Synonyms for disquiet
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Trouble
trouble, disturb, perturb, annoy, unsettle, vex, disorder, excite, agitate, plague, fret, distract, bother, ruffle, unhinge, discompose, incommode formal, stir, fuss, fluster, roil, inconvenience
Other
unquiet dated
Noun
1. Unease
unease, uneasiness, anxiety, restlessness, disturbance, apprehension, discomfort, vexation, anxiousness, pain, alarm, worry, perturbation, care formal, disquietude, inquietude, discomposure, perturbedness, unrest, trepidation, agitation, distress
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown.
- n. 1
Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
Forms
- Plural
- disquiets → uneasinesses, anxieties, restlessnesses, disturbances…
- Past participle
- disquieted
e.g. disquieted → troubled, disturbed, perturbed, annoyed…
Choose the right word
Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- distract How does Mark distract himself from all that pain?
- unsettle What Tom said cannot unsettle me.
By length
- 3 letters
- vex1
- 4 letters
- care1, pain1, stir1, fuss1, fret1, roil1
- 5 letters
- worry2, alarm2, annoy2
- 6 letters
- bother2, plague1, unrest2, excite2, ruffle2, unease2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, anxiety4, disturb2, chagrin2, agitate3, unquiet, perturb2, unhinge2, fluster2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, distress2, distract2, unsettle3, vexation
- 9 letters
- agitation4, incommode
- 10 letters
- discomfort3, uneasiness4, inquietude, discompose
- 11 letters
- disturbance3, trepidation4, anxiousness, disquietude
- 12 letters
- apprehension4, restlessness3, perturbation4, discomposure
- 13 letters
- inconvenience4, perturbedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).