unquiet meaning

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unquiet (adjective): characterized by unrest or disorder.

unquiet has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

unquiet as an adjective

  1. characterized by unrest or disorder
    • unquiet days of riots
    • following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation
    • spent an unquiet night tossing and turning

    Opposite: quiet

    Similar: disruptive, squally

  2. 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
    • an unquiet mind

    Synonyms: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy

    Similar: troubled

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in ET · 7-letter words

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