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disquietude Definition

dis·qui·etude (-kwī ə to̵̅o̅d′, -tyo̵̅o̅d′)

noun

a disturbed or uneasy condition; restlessness; anxiety
disquietude Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • sudden: I might have fallen without a struggle for my life had not a sudden disquietude seized upon me and made me turn my head.
disquietude Quotes

Edward Hopper is the great painter of American hell in the 20th century, the limner-laureate of the beauty, poignance, eternityand bone-ache disquietude of life.

—Allen, Henry Southworth