inquietude

noun

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquietude
  1. anxiety
  2. tension
  3. unease
  4. agitation
  5. disquietude
  6. perturbation
  7. disruption
Noun
  • The headlines often focus on uber-selective colleges and universities, the lengths students and parents will go to access them, and the parts of the process of applying that evoke the most anxiety.
    — Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • One of the most dreadful packing pain points is the anxiety of whether everything will actually fit in your suitcase, which, thankfully, my Away Bigger Carry-on has eliminated.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of anxiety
Noun
  • As tensions rise with the Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento City Unified is pressing ahead with a new fiscal sustainability plan aimed at avoiding insolvency and preserving local control.
    — Chaewon Chung July 30, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Shaw also noted tensions with immigration enforcement crackdowns happening near school campuses.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Definition of tension
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  • 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
  • Wilson, playing Tom’s own version of that unease a few beats earlier, needed only the smallest gesture to register it.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of unease
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  • The Soviet Union embraced Lenin’s concept of agitation—the use of emotional slogans and half-truths to influence the masses.
    — Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • This elusive phenomenon, responsible for so much confusion and agitation, was a hallmark of the intellectual movement known as French theory, or more frequently, theory.
    — Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of agitation
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  • 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
  • Importantly, such forecasts give countries early warning of heat waves, droughts, floods and potential disruptions to food supplies, among other outcomes.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Middle East oil giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a jump in second-quarter profit, beating expectations and following a period of severe disruption through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of disruption

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“Inquietude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquietude. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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