unquiet

[ uhn-kwahy-it ]
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adjective
  1. agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent: unquiet times.

  2. mentally or emotionally disturbed; vexed or perturbed; uneasy: He felt unquiet and alone.

noun
  1. a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc.: Unquiet spread throughout the land.

Origin of unquiet

1
1515–25; un-1 + quiet (adjective) for defs. 1, 2, quiet (noun) for def. 3

Other words from unquiet

  • un·qui·et·ly, adverb
  • un·qui·et·ness, noun

Words Nearby unquiet

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How to use unquiet in a sentence

  • The essence and charm of that unquiet and delightful epoch is ignorance of self as well as ignorance of life.

    The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • It is singular, count, but I feel less unquiet at the end than at the beginning of my journey.

    Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • The driver had fallen asleep, while a woman, apparently unquiet, was looking anxiously through the blind.

    Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • The duke found the prince's valet rather unquiet at his master's absence, but he imagined that he had slept at the Louvre.

    Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere

British Dictionary definitions for unquiet

unquiet

/ (ʌnˈkwaɪət) mainly literary /


adjective
  1. characterized by disorder, unrest, or tumult: unquiet times

  2. anxious; uneasy

noun
  1. a state of unrest

Derived forms of unquiet

  • unquietly, adverb
  • unquietness, noun

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