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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disquieted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disquieting}.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? --Ps. xlii. 11.
As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. --Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disquieted
adjective: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [syn: {distressed}, {disturbed}, {upset}, {worried}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "disquieted": abashed, afflicted, affrighted, agitated, alarmed, all-overish, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, beset, bothered, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, concerned, confused, consternated, daunted, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, excited, fearful, feverish, fidgety, flurried, flustered, foreboding, frightened, hung up, ill at ease, in a fright, in a funk, in a pucker, in a stew, jittery, jumpy, misgiving, mortified, nervous, nervy, on tenterhooks, out of countenance, overanxious, overapprehensive, perturbed, put-out, put-upon, restless, ruffled, shaken, shaken up, solicitous, startled, stirred up, strained, suspenseful, tense, troubled, troublous, turbulent, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unsettled, upset, zealous
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