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unquietness

unquietness noun: the state or condition of being unquiet; unease, restlessness.

Noun

unquietness (usually uncountable, plural unquietnesses)

  1. (archaic, usually) The state or condition of being unquiet; unease, restlessness.
    • [W]hat is he for a foole that betrothes himſelfe to vnquietneſſe?1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I...
    • He went hence but now, / And certainly in strange unquietness.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Examples of unquietness in a sentence

  • If all be well within, nothing can hurt us from without: For from inordinate Love, and vain Fears, comes all Unquietness of Spirit, and Distraction of Senses.1655, Jeremy Taylor, The Golden Grove, 27th edition, published 1735, page 48:
  • I vvas sitting up in the bed, the cloaths of vvhich vvere all tossed, or rolled off, by the unquietness of our motions1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker]...

Forms of unquietness

pluralunquietnesses

Origin of unquietness

From unquiet + -ness.

Questions about unquietness

What does unquietness mean?
Unquietness means the state or condition of being unquiet; unease, restlessness.
How do you use unquietness in a sentence?
If all be well within, nothing can hurt us from without: For from inordinate Love, and vain Fears, comes all Unquietness of Spirit, and Distraction of Senses.
What part of speech is unquietness?
Unquietness is a noun.
What is the plural of unquietness?
The plural of unquietness is unquietnesses.

Words near unquietness in the dictionary

  1. unquieted
  2. unquieter
  3. unquietest
  4. unquieting
  5. unquietly
  6. unquietness
  7. unquietnesses
  8. unquiets
  9. unquietude
  10. unquietudes
  11. unquilleted

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