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Disquietude

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Worried unease; anxiety: a state of brooding disquietude about a colleague's success.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.

n. A fear or an instance of uneasiness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An uneasy or disturbed state of mind; a feeling of slight alarm or apprehension; perturbation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable

Word Usage

"They are under a frightful apprehension of guilt and wrath, that they cannot enjoy themselves; when they seem settled they are in disquietude, when they seem merry they are in heaviness; like Cain, who always dwelt in the land of shaking."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

anxiety

Hyponym

willies

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

perplexity uneasiness unease unrest perturbation