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unquiet

adjectiveverb
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As an adjective, unquiet means uneasy and restless. As a verb, it means disturb, disquiet.

Meanings of unquiet

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Uneasy and restless; unable to settle.

    “an unquiet mind”

  2. Causing or associated with unease or restlessness.

    “an unquiet night”

  3. Characterized by unrest or disorder

    “unquiet days of riots”

    “following the assassination of Martin Luther King, ours was an unquiet nation”

    “spent an unquiet night tossing and turning”

  4. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

    “spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”

    “cast anxious glances behind her”

    “those nervous moments before takeoff”

    Similar: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy

verb

  1. now rareTo disturb, disquiet.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
anxiousnervousqueasyuneasy
Oppositesquiet

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