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UNQUIET
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by unrest or disorder
Example:
spent an unquiet night tossing and turning
Classified under:
Similar:
disruptive; riotous; troubled; tumultuous; turbulent (characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination)
squalling; squally (characterized by short periods of noisy commotion)
Also:
agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)
uneasy (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance)
wild (marked by extreme lack of restraint or control)
Antonym:
quiet (characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Example:
an unquiet mind
Synonyms:
anxious; nervous; queasy; uneasy; unquiet
Classified under:
Similar:
troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)
