disquieted

English

Adjective

disquieted (comparative more disquieted, superlative most disquieted)

1. Uneasy; uncomfortable.
   • 1807, John Marshall, The Life of George Washington, page 816:

     If I did not view things in this light, my mind would be infinitely more disquieted than it is: for, if a crisis should arrive when a sense of duty, or a call from my country, should become so imperious as to leave me no choice, I should prepare for relinquishment, and go with as much reluctance from my present peaceful abode, as I should go to the tombs of my ancestors.

   • 1915 April, Helen Jetmore Major, “When Fancy Leaves the Narrow Path”, in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 45, number 4, page 300:

     Adèle, more and more disquieted, finally spoke to Margaret of her uneasiness.

   • 2013, Larry E. Morris, The Perilous West, page 123:

     "They seemed at first very disquieted, " reported Hunt, "but we soon reassured them . […] "

Derived terms

• disquietedness
• undisquieted

 

Verb

disquieted

1. simple past and past participle of disquiet