unquiet

American  

[uhn-kwahy-it] / ʌnˈkwaɪ ɪt /

adjective

1. agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent.

   unquiet times.

2. mentally or emotionally disturbed; vexed or perturbed; uneasy.

   He felt unquiet and alone.

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noun

1. a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc..

   Unquiet spread throughout the land.

unquiet British  

/ ʌnˈkwaɪət /

adjective

1. characterized by disorder, unrest, or tumult

   unquiet times

2. anxious; uneasy

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noun

1. a state of unrest

Other Word Forms

• unquietly adverb
• unquietness noun

Etymology

Origin of unquiet

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

Example Sentences

Top leaders pointed to high tourism numbers - some 23 million last year and millions more in the years before - as proof of a big boom after years of unquiet.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

"This is important in these unquiet times, unstable international environment, it is without doubt a step that raises the security of our country and our people," Fiala said.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2023

Brown’s deep religious and humanist convictions, operating on his unquiet mind, force themselves out in an irresistible fervor, and Hawke puts it across with passion and without winking condescension.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020

It is the music of unquiet nights, in which music itself is the only consolation.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

But the Dead come seldom forth and only at times of great unquiet and coming death.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien