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UNREST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of restless agitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("unrest" is a kind of...):
agitation (the feeling of being agitated; not calm)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development
Example:
social unrest
Synonyms:
agitation; ferment; fermentation; tempestuousness; unrest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("unrest" is a kind of...):
Sturm und Drang; turbulence; upheaval (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally))
Context examples:
He had been perturbed always by a feeling of unrest, had heard always the call of something from beyond, and had wandered on through life seeking it until he found books and art and love.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Also, there were comings and goings, and the erstwhile placid atmosphere of the cabin was vexed with strange perturbations and unrest.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
All his childhood and youth had been troubled by a vague unrest; he had never known what he wanted, but he had wanted something that he had hunted vainly for until he met Ruth.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But when away from his god, the pain and the unrest returned; the void in him sprang up and pressed against him with its emptiness, and the hunger gnawed and gnawed unceasingly.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The unrest of the dogs had been increasing, and they stampeded, in a surge of sudden fear, to the near side of the fire, cringing and crawling about the legs of the men.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
