Disquiet
noun
A feeling of worry or unease.
News of the scandal caused great disquiet among the investors.
Often appears as...
- sense of disquiet
- great disquiet
verb
Make someone worried or anxious.
She was disquieted by the strange noises in the night.
Often appears as...
- disquiet by
- disquiet at
noun
A feeling of worry or unease.
News of the scandal caused great disquiet among the investors.
Often appears as...
- sense of disquiet
- great disquiet
verb
Make someone worried or anxious.
She was disquieted by the strange noises in the night.
Often appears as...
- disquiet by
- disquiet at
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Disquiet as a noun often conveys a deep sense of discomfort, more than simple worry.
The haunting melody filled the room with a disquiet unsettling to all present.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Variation
'Disquiet' can describe a range from mild unease to intense concern depending on context.
There was a disquiet in the crowd as the clouds grew darker.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes disquiet represents a positive caution or awareness, not just negativity.
His disquiet about the rapid changes in technology led to significant safety improvements.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Disquiet as a noun often conveys a deep sense of discomfort, more than simple worry.
The haunting melody filled the room with a disquiet unsettling to all present.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Variation
'Disquiet' can describe a range from mild unease to intense concern depending on context.
There was a disquiet in the crowd as the clouds grew darker.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes disquiet represents a positive caution or awareness, not just negativity.
His disquiet about the rapid changes in technology led to significant safety improvements.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Disquiet as a noun often conveys a deep sense of discomfort, more than simple worry.
The haunting melody filled the room with a disquiet unsettling to all present.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Variation
'Disquiet' can describe a range from mild unease to intense concern depending on context.
There was a disquiet in the crowd as the clouds grew darker.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes disquiet represents a positive caution or awareness, not just negativity.
His disquiet about the rapid changes in technology led to significant safety improvements.
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
chuffed to no avail there is something deeply disquieting about watching a mother looking for her baby without success fear for the beloved cub began to build as the hot silent afternoon wore on and tandi's efforts continued to burn no fruit
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Sleep is your superpower...
the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. Short sleep predicts all-cause mortality. And if increasing your risk for the development of cancer or even Alzheimer's disease were not sufficiently disquieting,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
chuffed to no avail there is something deeply disquieting about watching a mother looking for her baby without success fear for the beloved cub began to build as the hot silent afternoon wore on and tandi's efforts continued to burn no fruit
Video examples
Sleep is your superpower...
the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. Short sleep predicts all-cause mortality. And if increasing your risk for the development of cancer or even Alzheimer's disease were not sufficiently disquieting,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
Hindered by asthma since I was six weeks old, I had begun experimenting with my diet and discovered a disquieting correlation. When I stopped eating the normal American diet of sugar, fats, alcohol, chemicals, and additives, I felt better. I could breathe freely. When I tried to sneak in a hamburger and a Coke, my body rebelled.
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Neil MacGregor
British Historian
The collapse of the Tower of Babel is perhaps the central urban myth. It is certainly the most disquieting. In Babylon, the great city that fascinated and horrified the Biblical writers, people of different races and languages, drawn together in pursuit of wealth, tried for the first time to live together - and failed.
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Alberto Manguel
Argentinian Writer
I remember, as a child, the confusion of not knowing what this place was where I was supposed to spend the night: it's a disquieting experience for a child. And what I would do was quickly unpack my books and go back to a book I knew well and make sure the same text and the same illustrations were there.
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
Does the novel have to deepen the psychology of its heroes? Certainly the modern novel does, but the ancient legends did not do the same. Oedipus' psychology was deduced by Aeschylus or Freud, but the character is simply there, fixed in a pure and terribly disquieting state.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made me a writer: an essential disquiet with reality, which required exploration through portrayal.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet.
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Kenneth Oppel
Canadian Author
It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed upon 'The Hunger Games' a double mantle of critical praise and global bestsellerdom.
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Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
The disquieting news of Danny Villanueva's death brought back memories of our time together at KNBC in the early 1970s.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
Hindered by asthma since I was six weeks old, I had begun experimenting with my diet and discovered a disquieting correlation. When I stopped eating the normal American diet of sugar, fats, alcohol, chemicals, and additives, I felt better. I could breathe freely. When I tried to sneak in a hamburger and a Coke, my body rebelled.
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Neil MacGregor
British Historian
The collapse of the Tower of Babel is perhaps the central urban myth. It is certainly the most disquieting. In Babylon, the great city that fascinated and horrified the Biblical writers, people of different races and languages, drawn together in pursuit of wealth, tried for the first time to live together - and failed.
Quote examples
Alberto Manguel
Argentinian Writer
I remember, as a child, the confusion of not knowing what this place was where I was supposed to spend the night: it's a disquieting experience for a child. And what I would do was quickly unpack my books and go back to a book I knew well and make sure the same text and the same illustrations were there.
Quote examples
Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
Does the novel have to deepen the psychology of its heroes? Certainly the modern novel does, but the ancient legends did not do the same. Oedipus' psychology was deduced by Aeschylus or Freud, but the character is simply there, fixed in a pure and terribly disquieting state.
Quote examples
Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made me a writer: an essential disquiet with reality, which required exploration through portrayal.
Quote examples
Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet.
Quote examples
Kenneth Oppel
Canadian Author
It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed upon 'The Hunger Games' a double mantle of critical praise and global bestsellerdom.
Quote examples
Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
The disquieting news of Danny Villanueva's death brought back memories of our time together at KNBC in the early 1970s.
Quote examples
Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree.
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