unquiet
pronunciation
How to pronounce unquiet in British English: UK [ˌʌnˈkwaɪət]
How to pronounce unquiet in American English: US [ˌʌn'kwaɪət]
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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
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 .