DISQUIETS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

disquiets

verb

present tense third-person singular of disquiet

as in disturbs

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy we were disquieted by the strange noises we heard outside our tent at night

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Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

Definition of disturbs

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Bryant worries his neighbors simply got caught up in the wrong situation.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
Any arrangement where schools pay male athletes all or most of the money could raise Title IX, Title VII and Equal Pay Act worries.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of worries

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The study incorporates data from 2021 through 2024, and mostly concerns 2023 model-year vehicles.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 30 July 2026
According to the complaint, Grigsby attempted to tell Martinez that concerns about a defense attorney’s performance should be directed to supervisors rather than discussed in open court.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Definition of concerns

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That prospect alarms those in Europe, who fear FIFA could increasingly challenge their competitions for space on an already overcrowded calendar.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
He becomes increasingly consumed by the otherworldly dimension, which alarms his therapist, Mary (Renate Reinsve).

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026

Definition of alarms

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That is precisely the capability that unsettles underwriters, because an agent that can decide is an agent that can decide wrongly, and fast.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
But Hyd unsettles this arrangement with their deadpan affect, playing the part of a mourning truth-seeker trying to live in the moment.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026

Definition of unsettles

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The receptionist angers Kripke and Bert so much that they are picked up by the police — along with Stuart, who had also been arrested.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2026
According to the myth, Agamemnon angers the goddess Artemis by killing one of her sacred deer.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026

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