unquiet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective characterized by unrest or disorder
    • unquiet days of riots
    • following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation
    • spent an unquiet night tossing and turning
  2. adjective satellite causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
    anxious; nervous; queasy; uneasy.
    • spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
    • cast anxious glances behind her
    • those nervous moments before takeoff
    • an unquiet mind

WordNet

Un*qui"et transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + quiet.
Definitions
  1. To disquiet. Obs. Ld. Herbert.
Un*qui"et adjective
Etymology
Pref. un- + quiet.
Definitions
  1. Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed. -- Un*qui"et*ly, adv. -- Un*qui"et*ness, n.

Webster 1913