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Disquietness

Disquietness \Dis*qui"et*ness\, n. Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness.
--Hooker.

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disquietness

n. The state or quality of being disquiet or disturbed; troubledness.

Usage examples of "disquietness".

When he looked upon the plain of Troy he marvelled at the many watchfires burning in front of Ilius, and at the sound of pipes and flutes and of the hum of men, but when presently he turned towards the ships and hosts of the Achaeans, he tore his hair by handfuls before Zeus on high, and groaned aloud for the very disquietness of his soul.

When he looked upon the plain of Troy he marvelled at the many watchfires burning in front of Ilius, and at the sound of pipes and flutes and of the hum of men, but when presently he turned towards the ships and hosts of the Achaeans, he tore his hair by handfuls before Jove on high, and groaned aloud for the very disquietness of his soul.

Then he is heavy of heart, he groaneth, he crieth out for the very disquietness of his heart.

She shrugged off the eerie disquietness that was stealing from this momentous occasion the pleasure they should be experiencing.