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disquietude

/dɪˈskwaɪə.tjuːd/US/dɪˈskwaɪə.tud/

disquietude noun: a state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.

Noun

disquietude (usually uncountable, plural disquietudes)

  1. (usually) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
    • in utter disquietude touching such an issue
    • One would think there should be something wonderfully pleasing in the Possession of Fame, that, notwithstanding all these mortifying Considerations, can engage a Man in so desperate a Pursuit; and yet if we consider the little Happiness that attends a great Character, and the Multitude of...1711 December 24, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 256
  2. (countable, usually) A fear or an instance of uneasiness.
    • The cares and disquietudes of the marriage-state, quoth Mrs. Wadman, are very great.1813, Laurence Sterne, The works of Laurence Sterne: with a life of the author, volume 2, page 347

disquietude meaning in Punjabi

disquietude in Punjabi

disquietude, uneasiness, mental unrest
ਭਟਕਣ bhaṭkaṇ

Examples of disquietude in a sentence

  • For with Rosilia, to the regret of the past and self-accusation, was added the contemplation of a dark futurity, seldom affording a gleam of hope to cheer and solace her disquietude.1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […]...
  • Hyde had left him, the picture of disquietude.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co....

Synonyms of disquietude

Forms of disquietude

pluraldisquietudes

Origin of disquietude

From dis- + quietude.

Questions about disquietude

What does disquietude mean?
Disquietude means a state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
What is disquietude in Punjabi?
Disquietude in Punjabi is ਭਟਕਣ (bhaṭkaṇ). See Disquietude meaning in Punjabi.
How do you use disquietude in a sentence?
For with Rosilia, to the regret of the past and self-accusation, was added the contemplation of a dark futurity, seldom affording a gleam of hope to cheer and solace her disquietude.
What part of speech is disquietude?
Disquietude is a noun.
How do you pronounce disquietude?
Disquietude is pronounced /dɪˈskwaɪə.tjuːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of disquietude?
The plural of disquietude is disquietudes.

Words near disquietude in the dictionary

  1. disquietly
  2. disquietment
  3. disquietness
  4. disquietous
  5. disquiets
  6. disquietude
  7. disquietudes
  8. disquisition
  9. disquisitional
  10. disquisitionary
  11. disquisitions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disquietude (page history and authors); ਭਟਕਣ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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