Meaning | Characterized by unrest or disorder. |
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Examples | - "unquiet days of riots"
- "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"
- "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"
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Narrower | disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent | Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination / insubordination |
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squally, squalling | Characterized by short periods of noisy commotion |
See also | agitated | Troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
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troubled | Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need |
uneasy | lacking a sense of security or affording no ease / ease or reassurance |
wild | marked by extreme / extreme lack of restraint or control |
Opposite | quiet | Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation / agitation / agitation or activity |
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Spanish | intranquilo |
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Adverbs | unquietly | with agitation / agitation / agitation / agitation / agitation or turbulence |
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