INQUIETUDE Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

inquietude

noun

Definition of inquietude

as in anxiety

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Recent Examples of inquietude Partying continued Friday, even as French officials pleaded with the participants to leave and as inquietude mounted within the French government. — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2021

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Noun

Validate their emotions by acknowledging any anxieties and feelings as normal.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 8 Aug. 2026
Poor sleep in teens is tied to anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms, weaker peer support and trouble getting through the school day.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of anxiety

Noun

For Washington, this appears as to be seen as an understanding that the two sides will continue to communicate and manage tensions.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Because the hive-minded beings communicate telepathically, re-recording mixer Larry Benjamin explained that the world often becomes unnaturally quiet, forcing the sound team to rethink where tension and comedy originate.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of tension

Noun

According to Mukkamala, those professional challenges heighten the personal unease some clinicians feel treating addiction patients.

— Brian Mann, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
Such talk seemed fanciful until this week, despite long-term unease with Infantino’s style and previous attempts to force through unpopular projects.

— Graham Dunbar, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of unease

Noun

Its responses are syrupy, its handling is unremarkable, and its odd brake pedal feel creates a sense of disquietude.

— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 26 Apr. 2023
The fight for women’s rights, war, and the environment are dominating the headlines and the best collections reacted to this state of disquietude in a number of ways.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2022

Definition of disquietude

Noun

With two satellites at supplementary inclinations, the Newtonian perturbations are equal and opposite in the two orbital planes and cancel each other out.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
First is that quantum transitions must be weak to bring about perturbations in experiments.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of perturbation

Noun

Agriculture and supply chains would also face major disruption.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Energy supply disruptions remain a key market concern, with tanker traffic through the strait still subdued, said Lloyd Chan, senior currency analyst at MUFG Bank in Singapore, noting that Brent prices remain way above above pre-conflict levels.

— Chloe Taylor,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

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