inquietude.

A state of restless unease or troubled uncertainty.

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Words that belong together

• growing inquietude
• a sense of inquietude

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An inexplicable inquietude kept drawing her attention toward the locked stairwell.

His inquietude persisted after every ordinary cause had been dismissed.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.