inquietude
restlessness or uneasiness; disquietude.
inquietudes, disquieting thoughts: beset by myriad inquietudes.
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How to use inquietude in a sentence
Leave inquietude and remorse to those corrupt women who have cause to reproach themselves, or who have crimes to expiate.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachA general rising and inquietude to look out for Mrs. Berlinton, gave Edgar, at length, an opportunity to stand next to Camilla.
Camilla | Fanny BurneyThe countenance of an upright man always gives inquietude to knaves.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauThis astonishment would have been carried to inquietude had I then known what the old creature was preparing for me.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauBut I dread the weakness and inquietude natural to every man, and, above all, to a man of his character.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2) | John Hill Burton
British Dictionary definitions for inquietude
/ (ɪnˈkwaɪɪˌtjuːd) /
restlessness, uneasiness, or anxiety
Derived forms of inquietude
- inquiet (ɪnˈkwaɪət), adjective
- inquietly, adverb
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