unquiet (adj.)

  1. 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. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; spent an anxious night waiting for the test results; cast anxious glances behind her; those nervous moments before takeoff; an unquiet mind

    [ Syn: anxious , nervous , queasy , uneasy ]

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