Disquietness


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Dis`qui´et`ness


n.1.Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
References in classic literature ?
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.
However, there is a glimmer of conscience in the story of David and Bathsheba, in which the former felt "the disquietness of his heart" for committing murder.
Since married lives reflected the spouses' characters before marriage, |whoso coupleth himself with brawling folks and cometh to disquietness may not complain'.