disquiet means deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy. It carries an Arena rating of 1541, earned across 2 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, disquiet ranks #277 of 42,747 for Qualifying, #715 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #1,105 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #3,658 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books.
disquiet is pronounced /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/.
Why “disquiet” is a great word
To disturb the calm of mind or to be the state of unease thereby produced. From the prefix dis- (expressing reversal or negation) + quiet (v.); first attested in verb use c. 1520s. Unlike anxiety, which implies a clinical or persistent apprehension, or unrest, which suggests public agitation, disquiet is the private ripple across a still surface. It is the pang beneath the ribs at three in the morning, the weight of an unopened letter on the hall table, the silent static that fills a room after a wrong word has been spoken—the quiet, in fact, has been taken away.
Etymology
From dis- + quiet.
adj
- Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
noun
- Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or minde.g.“My journey had been my own suggestion, and Elizabeth therefore acquiesced, but she was filled with disquiet at the idea of my suffering, away from her, the inroads of misery and grief.” — 1818, anonymous [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC:
verb
- To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.e.g.“He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown.”
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