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Webster 1913 Edition


Unquiet

Un-qui′et

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
quiet
.]
To disquiet.
[Obs.]
Ld. Herbert.

Un-qui′et

,
Adj.
[Pref.
un-
+
quiet
.]
Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed.
Un-qui′et-ly
,
adv.
Un-qui′et-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unquiet

UNQUIET

, a.
1.
Not quiet; not calm or tranquil; restless; uneasy; as an unquiet person; an unquiet mind.
2.
Agitated; disturbed by continual motion; as the unquiet ocean.
3.
Unsatisfied; restless.

Definition 2024


unquiet

unquiet

English

Adjective

unquiet (comparative unquieter, superlative unquietest)

  1. Uneasy and restless; unable to settle.

Verb

unquiet (third-person singular simple present unquiets, present participle unquieting, simple past and past participle unquieted)

  1. (now rare) To disturb, disquiet.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XIV:
      Butt the unbelevinge iewes, steryd uppe and unquyeted the myndes off the gentyles agaynste the brethren.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ld. Herbert to this entry?)