DISQUIETUDE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

disquietude

noun

(ˌ)dis-ˈkwī-ə-ˌt(y)üd

Definition of disquietude

as in fear

an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble as updates of the devastation caused by the earthquake poured in, our disquietude only increased

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Recent Examples of disquietude 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 Three years on, the Astrova screen reignites the conversation around cameras on airplanes, but Panasonic hopes the on-off switch will resolve any disquietude. — Francesca Street, CNN, 15 July 2022 The novel shifts into a minor key of doomy disquietude as events unfold. — Katharine Weber, New York Times, 1 June 2018

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Noun

Fortune recently reported on wealthy parents’ growing fear that their fortunes will sap their children’s drive.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Coupled with job-displacement fears from AI, opponents now point to the facilities as a physical symbol of who benefits from the boom and who gets stuck with the bill.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of fear

Noun

Research has also found that across generational groups, greater user tendency to engage in social comparison, together with greater maladaptive ways of coping with emotions, is associated with more symptoms of anger, anxiety, and depression.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
The market for profiting off male body anxiety is nothing new.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of anxiety

Noun

There are so many organizations working to protect the voting process -- including many that cannot legally coordinate with each other -- that some officials involved worry about unintentionally creating chaos outside polling locations.

— STEVE PEOPLES, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Those talks collapsed over price and worries about antitrust pushback, neither of which hold true today.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of worry

Noun

Aside from electoral politics, the poll showed widespread uneasiness about the economy and the future in communities that have been seen as the archetypal birthplace of the American dream.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
But Sprenger is like Victor Frankenstein, his electronic voice and its warped utterances breathing an uneasiness into everything around it.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of uneasiness

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