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verb

past tense of disquiet

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Recent Examples of disquieted
Verb
As a consequence, the president has given fresh impetus to a story that has disquieted even parts of his base. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disquieted
Adjective
  • The film follows a weary delivery driver with months to live who saves a brilliant but troubled teenage girl.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But many parents of troubled adults face myriad obstacles in getting help for their children, said Pasquini, who is a former nine-year member of the Contra Costa County Mental Health Commission and who has long worked for changes in the state’s conservatorship laws.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Some victims reported feeling violated and disturbed by the trend, with many saying their reports to X went unanswered and images remained live on the platform.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, some homeowners as far as Plainville and Southington say they, too, are disturbed by the sound and have spent the last year and a half pushing their local governments to act.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The Tigers, previously 0-9 all-time at Rupp Arena, took advantage of a struggling Kentucky Wildcats squad for a 73-68 upset win.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The automaker spent much of the year undoing decisions made by the previous CEO, Carlos Tavares, who resigned at the end of 2024, as stakeholders in the company — from dealers to union rank and file — were upset with him and unhappy with his leadership.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Danes had been alarmed by media accounts of European tourists being held in immigrant-detention centers.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The images alarmed many onlookers, watchdogs and people whose photos had been manipulated, and there was a sustained pushback on X leading up to the change.
    Kevin Collier, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Some suggested re-purposing the building, while some homeowners are worried about what new condos would mean for their privacy.
    Noel Brennan, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But before the multi-billion-dollar overhaul of the highway, the city had 900 parking spaces in the space under the hulking highway, and some worried eliminating all parking under I-4 would drive away visitors.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • This is a president who is distracted by things that don't matter to the American people at a moment where the American people are in crisis.
    NBC news, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Even the most emotionally invested of us can get distracted.
    Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The cold never bothered them anyway.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Long stretches of solitude neither bothered him nor appeared to impair his sociability.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Disquieted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disquieted. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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