Disquiet vs Agonize - What's the difference?
disquiet | agonize | Related terms |
Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.
Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
* 1594 , , IV. i. 154:
Make (someone) worried or anxious
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
* (Alexander Pope):
To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet), chapter 3:
Disquiet is a related term of agonize.
As verbs the difference between disquiet and agonize
is that disquiet is make (someone) worried or anxious while agonize is to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.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
(-)- The lady exhibited disquiet of mind. In other words, she'd gone a bit mad.
Adjective
(en adjective)- I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet .
Derived terms
* disquieting * disquietudeVerb
(en verb)- He felt disquieted at the lack of interest the child had shown.
agonize
English
Alternative forms
* agoniseVerb
(agoniz)- To smart and agonize at every pore.
- So I took a last stare round, agonizing to see if there was any way of escape; but the stone walls and roof were solid enough to crush me, and the stack of casks too closely packed to hide more than a rat.