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

These scenes amplify Julien’s theme of the unquiet journey of African art into Western domains, whereas a re-enactment of Locke lovingly gazing upon Barthé as he sleeps feels like an outtake from “Waiting for Langston.”

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë