unquiet

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    characterized by unrest or disorder
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

Word Origin

unquiet (adj.)
1520s, from un- (1) "not" + quiet (adj.).

Antonym

adj.

quiet

Example

1. An unquiet mind : a memoir of moods and madness .
2. One can only hope that his unquiet spirit found some peace in the grave .
3. Outwardly successful young suburbanites frank and april wheeler go from mutual tolerance and boredom to violent loathing as their lives of unquiet desperation begin to unravel .
4. Must you call me , you unquiet one ?
5. Those are signs of an unquiet mind .

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