unquiet
adjective
agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent.
unquietness
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a word derived from
unquiet.
Example Sentences
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"And how do you call it? Throwing, "aggressively" charging... what are they? Signs of friendship? Childish unquietness?"
From Economist ● Nov. 22, 2013
Restless, rest′les, adj. in continual motion: uneasy: passed in unquietness: seeking change or action: unsettled: turbulent.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
You are not happy yourself, and there is in the house a sense of unquietness, of strife, that cannot last any longer.
From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Julia Kavanagh
The apprehension of this and the uneasiness he was under with his irons made him pass his last moments with great unquietness and discontent.
From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Arthur L. Hayward
"At last," however, "the evil savours, great unquietness, with over many drafts of air," threw the poor gentleman into a burning ague.
From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Ernest Rhys
