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  • 111unrest — n 1. disquiet, disquietude, inquietude, unquietness, uneasiness, unease, restlessness; fretfulness, distress, worry, concern; anxiety, anguish, angst, fear, dread, foreboding; nervousness, ants, Inf. butterflies, Inf. butterflies in one s stomach …

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  • 112worry — v 1. fret, agonize, lose sleep over, Inf. stew, writhe, stay awake nights, Inf. get grey hair, Sl. sweat, Sl. sweat blood, feel uneasy, Archaic. cark, be anxious, be tied up in knots, be afraid; fidget, fuss, be restive; lose heart, despond,… …

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  • 113fretful — /ˈfrɛtfəl/ (say fretfuhl) adjective disposed to fret; irritable or peevish. –fretfully, adverb –fretfulness, noun …

  • 114anxiety — [n] worry, tension all overs*, angst, ants in pants*, apprehension, botheration*, butterflies*, care, cold sweat*, concern, creeps*, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer*, drag*, dread, fidgets*, flap*, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss,… …

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  • 115care — [n1] personal interest, concern affliction, aggravation, alarm, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apprehension, bother, burden, chagrin, charge, consternation, discomposure, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, encumbrance, exasperation, fear,… …

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  • 116chagrin — [n] displeasure annoyance, balk, blow, crushing, discomfiture, discomposure, disgruntlement, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, fretfulness, frustration, humiliation, ill humor, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness,… …

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  • 117discontent — [n] dissatisfaction depression, discontentment, displeasure, envy, fretfulness, regret, restlessness, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation; concept 410 Ant. contentedness, easiness, happiness, patience, pleasure, satisfaction …

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  • 118disquiet — [n] worry; mental upset ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, concernment, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, fretfulness, inquietude, nervousness, restiveness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble,… …

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  • 119dissatisfaction — [n] discontent, unhappiness annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disgruntlement, disinclination, dislike, disliking, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, disrelish,… …

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  • 120impatience — [n] inability, unwillingness to wait agitation, anger, annoyance, ants in pants*, anxiety, avidity, disquietude, eagerness, edginess, excitement, expectancy, fretfulness, haste, hastiness, heat*, impetuosity, intolerance, irritability,… …

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