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unrest - 4 dictionary results

un⋅rest

[uhn-rest]
–noun
1. lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet: the unrest within himself.
2. disturbance or turmoil; agitation: political unrest.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see un- 1 , rest 1


un⋅rest⋅ing, adjective


2. ferment, discord, turbulence.
un·rest   (ŭn-rěst', ŭn'rěst')   
n.  An uneasy or troubled condition: social unrest.

Unrest

Un*rest"\, n. Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.

Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest! --Chaucer.

Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast? --Tennyson.
Language Translation for : unrest
Spanish: agitación,
German: die Unruhe,
Japanese: 不安

unrest 
c.1340, from un- (2) + rest. Cf. W.Fris. onrest, M.L.G. unreste, Ger. unrast, M.Du. onruste.
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