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disquieted

/dɪsˈkwaɪətɪd/ /dɪˈskwaɪətɪd/

Meanings
verb
To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.

Examples :

"He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown."
mind emotion

Related Words

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something noun

/ˈsamθɪŋ/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

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lack noun

/lak/ /læk/

A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

"His recent lack of focus in class showed a worrying moral failing. "

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had verb

/hæd/

To possess, own.

"I have a house and a car."

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make noun

/meɪk/

Brand or kind; model.

"What make of car do you drive?"

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someone noun

/ˈsʌmwʌn/

A partially specified but unnamed person.

"Do you need a gift for that special someone?"

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shown verb

/ˈʃəʊn/ /ˈʃoʊn/

To display, to have somebody see (something).

"All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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worried adjective

/ˈwʌɹid/

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

"She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war."

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anxious adjective

/ˈaŋ(k)ʃəs/ /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs/

Nervous and worried.

"She was anxious about her upcoming math test. "

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child noun

/t͡ʃaɪld/

A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

"Go easy on him: he is but a child."

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interest noun

/ˈɪntəɹɪst/ /ˈɪntəɹst/

The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.

"Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%."

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felt noun

/fɛlt/

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

"My grandmother used a soft felt hat for her winter walks. "