inquietude
- noun
- /ɪnˈkwɪəˌtjud/
- Literature
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- His inquietude during the meeting was evident as he kept shifting in his seat and glancing at his watch.
Examples
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Besides the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will remain with your judgment to decide how far an exercise of the occasional power delegated by the fifth article of the Constitution is rendered expedient at the present juncture by the nature of objections that have been urged against the system, or by the degree of inquietude that has given birth to them.
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Tales of personal inquietude, where I share observations and thoughts on contemporary and not-so-contemporary popular culture, daily life, my pics, and the occasional art or design find.
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Dynamic deformations of new faces (like pulsations or shrinking, smiling or grinding) produced an overall sense of inquietude for things out of control.
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She felt a constant inquietude about her upcoming exam, unable to focus on anything else.
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The child's inquietude grew as the storm raged outside, making it hard for her to relax.
Synonyms
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4.4
A feeling of worry and not being relaxed
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3.6
A worried, uncomfortable feeling when you cannot relax
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7.4
A feeling of worry or unease
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3.8
A feeling of worry and nervousness before an event or about the future
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6.0
A feeling of nervousness and tension that makes you easily annoyed
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9.7
A feeling of worry that makes you restless and uneasy
Antonyms
How Anxious
Surface Forms
Morphology
inquietude = inquiet (opaque) = in + quiet + ude
The suffix '-ude' forms a noun from 'inquiet', which itself is not a common standalone word in English.
Etymology
The word inquietude comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and the root quiet meaning 'calm' or 'rest'. So inquietude is 'not calm' and means a feeling of anxiety or restlessness.