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Word entry · 6 letters

unrest

Best crossword clue

"Public disturbance"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ʌnˈɹɛst/Part of speech nounSorted enrstuStarts with UEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a feeling of restless agitation

Word origin

From Middle English unreste, equivalent to un- + rest. Cognate with West Frisian ûnrêst (“unrest”), Dutch onrust (“unrest”), German Low German Unrüst (“unrest”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Uunraue (“unrest”), German Unruhe (“unrest”), Danish uro (“unrest”), Swedish oro (“unrest”), Icelandic órói (“unrest”). Compare also Old English orrest (“battle”), Old Norse orrosta, orresta (“battle”).

Used in a sentence

  • What words are these have fall’n from me? ⁠Can calm despair and wild unrest ⁠Be tenants of a single breast, Or sorrow such a changeling be?
  • In her pyjamas, Sadie turned back the bedclothes to a single sheet, and settled down under it with a sigh of content; the languors of a body untroubled by mental unrests were a reward for the day's exertions.

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