inquietude

[ in-kwahy-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. restlessness or uneasiness; disquietude.
2. inquietudes, disquieting thoughts:

   beset by myriad inquietudes.

inquietude

/ ɪnˈkwaɪət; ɪnˈkwaɪɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. restlessness, uneasiness, or anxiety

Derived Forms

• inquiet, adjective
• inˈquietly, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inquietude¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word inquiētūdō. See in- ³, quietude

Example Sentences

Partying continued Friday, even as French officials pleaded with the participants to leave and as inquietude mounted within the French government.

From Washington Post

“Suddenly, I no longer needed kisses or caresses. Instead, I had this confidence, this independence. But it was not just about expressing myself. With the camera, I could also express the inquietude of the world.”

From The Guardian

As the commander in chief, Washington knew he must live up to the image of a man whose “brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude.”

From Washington Post

The secretary of war, Henry Knox, also followed the public feuding, and wrote: “The different opinions of the treatment excite great inquietude—But Rush bears down all before him.”

From Literature

But increasingly, as it parades through Walmarts and burrito restaurants, it foments racial bias in gun-toters, and fear and inquietude in the very citizens that the guns are ostensibly supposed to protect.

From MSNBC