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un·qui·et

 (ŭn-kwī′ĭt)
adj. un·qui·et·er, un·qui·et·est
1. Emotionally or mentally restless or uneasy.
2. Characterized by unrest or disorder; turbulent.

un·qui′et·ly adv.
un·qui′et·ness n.
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unquiet

(ʌnˈkwaɪət)
adj
1. characterized by disorder, unrest, or tumult: unquiet times.
2. anxious; uneasy
n
a state of unrest
unˈquietly adv
unˈquietness n
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un•qui•et

(ʌnˈkwaɪ ɪt)

adj.
1. agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent: unquiet times.
2. unsettled, as in one's thoughts or feelings; vexed or perturbed; uneasy.
n.
3. a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc.
[1515–25]
un•qui′et•ly, adv.
un•qui′et•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorderunquiet - 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"
agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
uneasy - lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group"
wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"
quiet - characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
2.unquiet - causing or fraught with or showing anxietyunquiet - 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"
troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
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unquiet

adjective
Affording no quiet, repose, or rest:
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Translations

unquiet

[ˈʌnˈkwaɪət] ADJinquieto
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unquiet

adj (liter)unruhig; (= restless)ruhelos
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My mind's unquiet, sometimes, that's all." She snatched her hand off my shoulder, and suddenly pointed down to the quicksand.
But in the cautious comprehensiveness and unloitering vigilance with which Ahab threw his brooding soul into this unfaltering hunt, he would not permit himself to rest all his hopes upon the one crowning fact above mentioned, however flattering it might be to those hopes; nor in the sleeplessness of his vow could he so tranquillize his unquiet heart as to postpone all intervening quest.
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In the evening, when they were all three together, Marianne began voluntarily to speak of him again;-- but that it was not without an effort, the restless, unquiet thoughtfulness in which she had been for some time previously sitting--her rising colour, as she spoke,-- and her unsteady voice, plainly shewed.
The roll of the drum at that unquiet crisis seemed to go through the streets, less as the martial music of the soldiers, than as a muster-call to the inhabitants themselves.
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The youth--for he had scarcely attained the years of manhood--lay, with his head upon his arm, in the embrace of an unquiet sleep, which a thrill of pain from his wounds seemed each moment on the point of breaking.
Up in the garret, where Jo's unquiet wanderings ended stood four little wooden chests in a row, each marked with its owners name, and each filled with relics of the childhood and girlhood ended now for all.