Synonyms for disquiet
dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪtdis·qui·et

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1. disquiet

   Anxiety is, according to its derivation, a choking disquiet, akin to anguish; anxiety is mental; anguish may be mental or physical; anguish is in regard to the known, anxiety in regard to the unknown; anguish is because of what has happened, anxiety because of what may happen. Anxiety refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility, and thus differing from apprehension, fear, dread, foreboding, terror, all of which may be quite despairing. In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care. Foreboding, dread, etc., commonly incapacitate for all helpful thought or endeavor. Worry is a more petty, restless, and manifest anxiety; anxiety may be quiet and silent; worry is communicated to all around. Solicitude is a milder anxiety. Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, not at all anxious regarding it.

   Synonyms:
   anguish, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disturbance, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, trouble, worry

   Antonyms:
   apathy, assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartedness, nonchalance, satisfaction, tranquillity

   Preposition:
   Anxiety for a friend's return; anxiety about, in regard to, or concerning the future.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anxiousness, disquietnoun

   a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

   Synonyms:
   anxiety, unease, anxiousness, uneasiness

2. disquiet, unease, uneasinessverb

   the trait of seeming ill at ease

   Synonyms:
   uncomfortableness, inquietude, anxiousness, malaise, restlessness, disquietude, self-consciousness, edginess, unease, uneasiness, queasiness

3. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorderverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   distract, unhinge, disorder, perturb, inconvenience oneself, upset, inconvenience, ail, discommode, bother, cark, deflect, put out, incommode, disoblige, pain, disarray, throw out of kilter, trouble, disturb, trouble oneself, derange

Matched Categories

1. • Anxiety

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1. disquietnoun

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, restlessness, disturbance, anxiety, vexation, trouble, disquietude, inquietude

2. disquietverb

   Synonyms:
   trouble, annoy, vex, disturb, worry, harass, plague, bother, molest, pester, incommode

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1. List of paraphrases for "disquiet":

   concern, unease, unrest, anxiety, uneasiness

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1. Ewald Nowotny:

   As you can't see this in isolation, rather this (devaluation) has an impact on other countries so that it can lead to a certain disquiet in an important part of the global economy, namely in southeast Asian countries.

2. Jeff Hauser:

   There definitely seems to be disquiet and a search for a more business-as-usual head.

3. Ja Ian Chong:

   ASEAN needs to be careful if it is seen to be legitimating the junta even if it's not its intention, if ASEAN is seen to be siding with the junta, that would probably create more disquiet and unhappiness among all the other groups in Myanmar.

4. Angela Merkel:

   Despite all the understandable disquiet... the basis of the conservative bloc is very well aware that no-one can better steer Germany and Europe through this difficult time than the chancellor.