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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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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