disquietude.

A state of mental unease or troubled restlessness.

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Words that belong together

• sense of disquietude
• growing disquietude

On the page

A sense of disquietude followed her home.

The diary recorded his disquietude.

The unanswered question deepened their disquietude.

Usage notes

Primary category: fear. Forms: disquietude is normally a mass noun unless a particular instance is specified. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.