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disquiet

noun
/dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/

Etymology

From dis- + quiet.

  1. derived from *kʷyeh₁-✻
  2. derived from quiētus
  3. derived from quiet
  4. inherited from quiete
  5. prefixed as disquiet — “dis + quiet”

Definitions

  1. Lack of quiet

    Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind

    • My journey had been my own suggestion, and Elizabeth therefore acquiesced, but she was filled with disquiet at the idea of my suffering, away from her, the inroads of misery and grief.
    • Every house has its skeleton in it somewhere, and it may be a comfort to some unhappy folks to think that the luckier and most wealthy of their neighbours have their miseries and causes of disquiet.

  2. Deprived of quiet

    Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.

    • I pray you huſband be not ſo diſquiet. / The meate was well, if you were ſo contented.

  3. To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.

    • He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disquiet. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01disquiet02restless03rest04annoyances05annoyance06annoyed07irritated08irritation09annoying10vexatious

A definitional loop anchored at disquiet. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at disquiet

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA