disquietude
pronunciation
How to pronounce disquietude in British English:
UK [dɪs'kwaɪɪˌtju:d]
How to pronounce disquietude in American English:
US [dɪs'kwaɪəˌtjud]
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- Noun:
- feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
Word Origin
- disquietude (n.)
- 1709; from disquiet on model of quietude.
Example
- 1. The lines of his fastidious face showed a vague disquietude .
- 2. A state of brooding disquietude about a colleague 's success .
- 3. All hearts beat with disquietude , save only the heart of michel arden .
- 4. I might have fallen without a struggle for my life , had not a sudden disquietude seized upon me , and made me turn my head .
- 5. His dress , half artist , half dandy , did not excite any suspicion , and , consequently , no disquietude .