unrest Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
ferment; tempestuousness; fermentation; agitation.
- the political ferment produced new leadership
- social unrest
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noun a feeling of restless agitation
WordNet
Un*rest" noun
Definitions
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.