UNREST

unrest

(noun) a feeling of restless agitation

agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest

(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

unrest (usually uncountable, plural unrests)

A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.

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Source: Wiktionary


Un*rest", n.

Definition: Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude. Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest! Chaucer. Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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