adj
Meaning 1
Uneasy and restless; unable to settle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an unquiet mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unquiet
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rhymes with -aɪət
adj
Meaning 2
Causing or associated with unease or restlessness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an unquiet night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To disquiet (someone or something); to disturb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
characterized by unrest or disorder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unquiet days of riots
- following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation
- spent an unquiet night tossing and turning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: quiet
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
- cast anxious glances behind her
- those nervous moments before takeoff
- an unquiet mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *kwyeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kwyéh1tis Proto-Italic *kwjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētusder. French quietder. Middle English quiete English quiet English unquiet From un- + quiet.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неспокоен (nespokoen) — Uneasy and restless
- Esperanto: malkvieta — Uneasy and restless
- Italian: inquieto — Uneasy and restless
- Polish: niespokojny — Uneasy and restless
- Sicilian: scuetu — Uneasy and restless