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Disquiet vs Aggrieve - What's the difference?

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Disquiet is a related term of aggrieve.


As verbs the difference between disquiet and aggrieve

is that disquiet is make (someone) worried or anxious while aggrieve is to give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.

As a noun disquiet

is want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.

As an adjective disquiet

is deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

disquiet

English

Noun

(-)
  • Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.
    • The lady exhibited disquiet of mind. In other words, she'd gone a bit mad.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
  • * 1594 , , IV. i. 154:
    • I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet .

    Derived terms

    * disquieting * disquietude

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Make (someone) worried or anxious
    • He felt disquieted at the lack of interest the child had shown.

    aggrieve

    English

    Verb

    (aggriev)
  • To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.
  • (obsolete) To grieve; to lament.

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