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Definition of unquiet - 2 dictionary results

un⋅qui⋅et

  [uhn-kwahy-it]
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–adjective
1. agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent: unquiet times.
2. mentally or emotionally disturbed; vexed or perturbed; uneasy: He felt unquiet and alone.
–noun
3. a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc.: Unquiet spread throughout the land.
Origin:
1515–25; un- 1 + quiet 1 (defs. 1, 2), quiet 2 (def. 3)

Related forms:
un⋅qui⋅et⋅ly, adverb
un⋅qui⋅et⋅ness, noun
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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