unquiet
unquiet adjective: uneasy and restless; unable to settle.
Adjective
unquiet (comparative unquieter, superlative unquietest)
- Uneasy and restless; unable to settle.
- an unquiet mind
- But, for the unquiet heart and brain,
A use in measured language lies;
The sad mechanic exercise,
Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto V”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
- Causing or associated with unease or restlessness.
- an unquiet night
- Madam Zenocrate, may I preſume
To know the cauſe of theſe vnquiet fits:
That worke such trouble to your woonted reſt:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
Verb
unquiet (third-person singular simple present unquiets, present participle unquieting, simple past and past participle unquieted)
- To disquiet (someone or something); to disturb.
- Butt the unbelevinge iewes, steryd uppe and unquyeted the myndes off the gentyles agaynste the brethren.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts
- Thus erring Rome hath, doth, & vvill our chriſtian VVorld vnqueate: / May therefore Princes ioyne to race that Monſter from his Seate.1602, William Warner, “The Twel[f]th Booke. Chapter LXXIII.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition...
unquiet meaning in Tamil
unquiet in Tamil
- அமைதியற்ற, கலக்கமுற்ற, கவலையுள்ள
Examples of unquiet in a sentence
- When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN:
- they were greatly troubled, and unquieted1649, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII:
Forms of unquiet
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | unquieter |
| superlative | unquietest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | unquiets |
| present participle | unquieting |
| past participle | unquieted |
| past | unquieted |
Origin of unquiet
From un- + quiet.
Words formed from unquiet
Words that rhyme with unquiet
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Questions about unquiet
- What does unquiet mean?
- Unquiet means uneasy and restless; unable to settle.
- What is unquiet in Tamil?
- Unquiet in Tamil is அமைதியற்ற, கலக்கமுற்ற, கவலையுள்ள. See Unquiet meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use unquiet in a sentence?
- When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.
- What part of speech is unquiet?
- Unquiet can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near unquiet in the dictionary
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