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disquietude|dɪsˈkwaɪətjuːd|
[f. disquiet a., after quietude.]
Disquieted condition or state; restlessness, disturbance, disquietness.
1709Addison Tatler No. 97 ⁋3 The Noise and disquietude of Business. 1753N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat 24 She passed this Time very uneasily, with great Disquietude. 1844Thirlwall Greece VIII. lxi. 87 Antigonus must have viewed the alliance with great disquietude. 1869Phillips Vesuv. iii. 57 On the 3rd of September, the disquietude of Vesuvius returned.
b. with a and pl. A feeling, occasion, or cause of disquiet; a disquieting circumstance.
1711Addison Spect. No. 256 ⁋6 The Multitude of Disquietudes to which the Desire of it [Fame] subjects an ambitious Mind. 1726–7Swift Gulliver iii. ii. §13 (1865) These people are under continual disquietudes. 1885Manch. Exam. 8 July 5/2 From the still unconquered Black Flags there are plenty of disquietudes to fear. |