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inquietude

/in-kwahy-i-tood, -tyood/US // ɪnˈkwaɪ ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud //UK // (ɪnˈkwaɪɪˌtjuːd) //

不安的情绪,不安,不安静,不安宁

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : restlessness or uneasiness; disquietude.
    • : inquietudes, disquieting thoughts: beset by myriad inquietudes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrestlessness

Examples

  • Leave inquietude and remorse to those corrupt women who have cause to reproach themselves, or who have crimes to expiate.

  • A general rising and inquietude to look out for Mrs. Berlinton, gave Edgar, at length, an opportunity to stand next to Camilla.

  • The countenance of an upright man always gives inquietude to knaves.

  • This astonishment would have been carried to inquietude had I then known what the old creature was preparing for me.

  • But I dread the weakness and inquietude natural to every man, and, above all, to a man of his character.