INQUIETUDE Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

inquietude

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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

His instinctive reaction, tearful after losing another final, was to throw in the towel, to announce his career with Argentina was over at the age of 29, to focus on his club career, which by comparison brought him so much joy and so little anxiety.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Because of their history of poor sleep, people with insomnia may suffer from anxiety about getting inadequate sleep, which can then increase sleeplessness at night.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026

Definition of anxiety

Noun

Wall Street looked past geopolitical tensions with benchmark indexes rising on Big Tech strength and signs of easing inflation, even as Middle East hostilities escalated.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
But Wednesday’s amendment vote is a preview of Democratic tensions to come after nearly half of the caucus voted to support it, including leaders like Whip Katherine Clark and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of tension

Noun

The Leeds quartet built a reputation on sardonic observations about modern life, packaging political unease inside wiry post-punk.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
This, combined with the sheer horror of many of the crimes committed against the Bowdens, generates a tension in the viewer that makes the unease a young Antosca felt watching the 1962 film feel tame by comparison.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 July 2026

Definition of unease

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In the early 19th century, anticolonial agitation rocked the Spanish territory that would soon become Venezuela.

— Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
The other teen quit her high school soccer team amid mounting protests, police presence and online agitation, highlighting how political battles over trans athletes reshape everyday school life.

— Kathy McCormack, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of agitation

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

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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

Equity gaps remain Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC system is on track to meet these goals in 2030.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
The previous disruptions to shipping between 2023 and 2025 probably cost some $20 billion a year, according to industry estimates.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

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