Synonyms of disquiet

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noun

1

as in turmoil

a disturbed or uneasy state

a period of disquiet before the results of the close election were confirmed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turmoil
• unrest
• unease
• tension
• confusion
• uneasiness
• excitement
• anxiety
• restlessness
• turbulence
• ferment
• upheaval
• fermentation
• chaos
• trouble
• agitation
• restiveness
• commotion
• disruption
• unquietness
• stir
• Sturm und Drang
• storm
• anarchy
• perturbation
• tumult
• unsettlement
• uproar
• hubbub
• disquietude
• disorder
• tumultuousness
• inquietude
• fidgets
• queasiness
• moil
• welter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peace
• ease
• tranquillity
• calm
• quiet
• tranquility
• peacefulness
• order
• orderliness

2

as in concern

an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble

was filled with disquiet as the hours passed without any sign of the missing children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concern
• fear
• anxiety
• unease
• worry
• concernment
• uneasiness
• disquietude
• uncertainty
• agitation
• nervousness
• apprehension
• fearfulness
• perturbation
• tension
• solicitude
• apprehensiveness
• discomfort
• anxiousness
• panic
• anguish
• desperation
• care
• sweat
• dread
• stress
• doubt
• agita
• nervosity
• disturbance
• distress
• dismay
• tremor
• consternation
• desperateness
• angst
• strain
• jitters
• alarm
• upset
• suspense
• torment
• vexation
• discomposure
• misgiving
• alarum
• hand-wringing
• jumpiness
• distraction
• presentiment
• compunction
• qualm
• edginess
• foreboding
• franticness
• incertitude
• scruple
• cold feet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unconcern
• tranquillity
• peace
• ease
• contentment
• content
• calm
• quietude
• calmness
• serenity
• quiet
• tranquility
• placidity
• peacefulness
• relief
• easiness
• solace
• comfort
• consolation
• placidness
• sereneness
• tranquilness

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verb (1)

as in to concern

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

we were disquieted by the strange noises we heard outside our tent at night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concern
• alarm
• worry
• disturb
• anger
• bother
• distract
• distress
• unsettle
• discomfort
• upset
• agitate
• plague
• haunt
• dismay
• annoy
• discompose
• perturb
• fuss
• ail
• exercise
• irritate
• distemper
• derail
• unhinge
• confuse
• flurry
• alarum
• rattle
• freak (out)
• undo
• exasperate
• bug
• embarrass
• weird out
• aggravate
• irk
• vex
• pique
• frazzle
• rile
• discomfit
• hagride
• harass
• grate
• harry
• disconcert
• chafe
• fret
• fluster
• discourage
• put off
• nettle
• bedevil
• put out
• gall
• abash
• pester
• peeve
• shake up
• mortify
• chivvy
• unnerve
• chivy
• confound
• discountenance
• faze
• daunt
• nonplus
• dishearten
• get
• jar
• dispirit
• demoralize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calm
• quiet
• soothe
• settle
• alleviate
• compose
• allay
• assuage
• tranquillize
• tranquilize
• placate
• pacify
• mollify
• appease
• conciliate
• propitiate

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adjective

1

as in disturbing

causing worry or anxiety

disquieting news of troubles downtown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbing
• unsettling
• troubling
• frightening
• scary
• distressing
• upsetting
• troublesome
• worrisome
• nasty
• discomforting
• perturbing
• shocking
• nagging
• terrifying
• terrible
• horrible
• troublous
• disconcerting
• discouraging
• dismaying
• discomposing
• dire
• alarming
• disheartening
• discomfiting
• demoralizing
• daunting
• chilling
• dispiriting
• dread
• direful
• dreadful
• fearful
• horrifying
• formidable
• forbidding
• ghastly
• frightful
• persecutory
• fearsome
• intimidating
• horrendous
• harassing
• hair-raising
• persecutive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reassuring
• settling
• soothing
• calming
• comforting
• narcotic
• dreamy
• relaxing
• sedative
• consoling
• quieting
• inviting
• tranquilizing
• tranquillizing
• lulling
• pacifying

2

as in uneasy

marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings

with a disquieting voice she asked me to investigate the strange noise coming from the basement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbing
• uneasy
• unsettling
• tense
• anxious
• nervous
• unnerving
• restless
• creepy
• distressing
• worrisome
• distressful
• fraught
• agitating
• embarrassing
• nerve-wracking
• hairy
• nail-biting
• nerve-racking
• troublesome
• strained
• discouraging
• awkward
• bothersome
• foreboding
• disheartening
• misgiving
• restive
• unrestful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quiet
• comfortable
• easy
• peaceful
• tranquil
• calming
• restful
• quieting
• pacific

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verb (2)

present participle of disquiet

as in alarming

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

we were disquieted by the strange noises we heard outside our tent at night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbing
• alarming
• distracting
• worrying
• concerning
• unsettling
• bothering
• haunting
• distressing
• upsetting
• discomforting
• angering
• agitating
• dismaying
• perturbing
• plaguing
• annoying
• irritating
• confusing
• unhinging
• embarrassing
• ailing
• undoing
• discomposing
• derailing
• rattling
• flurrying
• exercising
• distempering
• freaking (out)
• exasperating
• frazzling
• fussing
• aggravating
• bugging
• disconcerting
• vexing
• discouraging
• weirding out
• hagriding
• alaruming
• harassing
• discomfiting
• nettling
• irking
• galling
• jarring
• grating
• unnerving
• pestering
• harrying
• riling
• chivvying
• chafing
• mortifying
• chivying
• fretting
• confounding
• flustering
• bedeviling
• disheartening
• piquing
• putting off
• daunting
• putting out
• dispiriting
• abashing
• peeving
• demoralizing
• discountenancing
• getting
• shaking up
• fazing
• nonplussing
• nonplusing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• quieting
• composing
• settling
• tranquilizing
• alleviating
• allaying
• tranquillizing
• assuaging
• pacifying
• mollifying
• placating
• conciliating
• appeasing
• propitiating