disquiet
/dɪsˈkwʌɪət
/noun [mass noun]
A feeling of worry or unease: public disquiet about animal testing...
- There has been considerable disquiet and unease since the news broke in September that the Patrician Brothers were closing the school.
- The last thing any hospital needs during a period of public disquiet is another type of scare to increase anxiety.
- These cases were extremely influential in the campaigns for abolition, and understandably so: there was too much public disquiet about them.
Synonyms
unease, uneasiness, worry, anxiety, anxiousness, distress, concern;
unrest, disquietude, inquietude;
perturbation, consternation, upset, malaise;
alarm, anguish, fear, fright, dread, panic, angst;
nervousness, agitation, restlessness, fretfulness, jitteriness;
foreboding, trepidation
verb [with object] (usually as adjective disquieted)
Make (someone) worried or uneasy: she felt disquieted at the lack of interest the girl had shown...
- The idea that this state might not be the only possible one partly disquieted him and partly bored him.
- I watched some of the hundred greatest kids' TV programmes ever in the world programme on Monday, and the outcome disquieted me.
- Many people were disquieted about the macho posturing about the fire-fighters.
Synonyms
perturb, agitate, upset, disturb, unnerve, unsettle, discompose, disconcert, ruffle, startle;
make uneasy, worry, make anxious;
trouble, bother, concern, distress, alarm, appal, frighten, panic, make fretful, make restless, vex