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Definition of inquietude in English: inquietudenoun ɪnˈkwʌɪətjuːdɪnˈkwaɪəˌt(j)ud mass nounPhysical or mental restlessness or disturbance. (身心的)不安,搅扰;焦虑 Example sentencesExamples - We are already in the twentieth century with its restlessness, its inquietude, ‘the age of anxiety’.
- It should be noted, however, that this relative calm - save for the murmur of conversation between old friends and new acquaintances across the long tables - was in itself the source of a certain inquietude.
- And nothing illustrates so plainly the inquietude of his mind as his strange, disjointed narration of his relationship with his father.
- The all-pervasive reservations and donations system too adds to the youths' inquietude.
- He listened to his father in silence, and attempted not any defense, which confirmed her in fearing that the inquietude of his mind, on Isabella's account, might, by keeping him long sleepless, have been the real cause of his rising late.
- The knowledge of this reality and the inquietude that the study would reveal the mysteries that the city keeps in secret were the basic reactors that made me take this interesting trip trough the pages of Berlin's history.
- Frustrated and agitated, he dreams of the ‘inquietude and anger’ of his murdered friend.
Synonyms terror, fright, fearfulness, horror, alarm, panic, agitation, trepidation, dread, consternation, dismay, distress
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'disturbance of one's quietness or rest'): from Old French, or from late Latin inquietudo, from Latin inquietus, from in- 'not' + quietus 'quiet'. Definition of inquietude in US English: inquietudenounɪnˈkwaɪəˌt(j)udinˈkwīəˌt(y)o͞od Physical or mental restlessness or disturbance. (身心的)不安,搅扰;焦虑 Example sentencesExamples - The all-pervasive reservations and donations system too adds to the youths' inquietude.
- It should be noted, however, that this relative calm - save for the murmur of conversation between old friends and new acquaintances across the long tables - was in itself the source of a certain inquietude.
- And nothing illustrates so plainly the inquietude of his mind as his strange, disjointed narration of his relationship with his father.
- We are already in the twentieth century with its restlessness, its inquietude, ‘the age of anxiety’.
- Frustrated and agitated, he dreams of the ‘inquietude and anger’ of his murdered friend.
- The knowledge of this reality and the inquietude that the study would reveal the mysteries that the city keeps in secret were the basic reactors that made me take this interesting trip trough the pages of Berlin's history.
- He listened to his father in silence, and attempted not any defense, which confirmed her in fearing that the inquietude of his mind, on Isabella's account, might, by keeping him long sleepless, have been the real cause of his rising late.
Synonyms terror, fright, fearfulness, horror, alarm, panic, agitation, trepidation, dread, consternation, dismay, distress
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘disturbance of one's quietness or rest’): from Old French, or from late Latin inquietudo, from Latin inquietus, from in- ‘not’ + quietus ‘quiet’. |