unquiet
agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent: unquiet times.
mentally or emotionally disturbed; vexed or perturbed; uneasy: He felt unquiet and alone.
a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc.: Unquiet spread throughout the land.
Origin of unquiet
1Other 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
In the meantime, spare a thought for the unquiet passage of Richard III, last warrior of the Plantagenet dynasty.
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And I keep wondering what would have happened if his unquiet mother had hoarded books instead of semiautomatic weapons.
The Promise of Happiness After the Newtown Shooting | William Giraldi | January 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then, simply and without fuss, moved, along with his meaty, scowling entourage, to one of the unquiet Cars.
We find things here, though not quite so unquiet as at Pernambuco, yet tending the same way.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
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 StevensonIt is singular, count, but I feel less unquiet at the end than at the beginning of my journey.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereThe driver had fallen asleep, while a woman, apparently unquiet, was looking anxiously through the blind.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereThe 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
/ (ʌnˈkwaɪət) mainly literary /
characterized by disorder, unrest, or tumult: unquiet times
anxious; uneasy
a state of unrest
Derived forms of unquiet
- unquietly, adverb
- unquietness, noun
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