UNQUIET Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

unquiet

adjective

ˌən-ˈkwī-ət

Definition of unquiet

as in worried

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty plagued with an unquiet mind the whole time her son was stationed overseas

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as in restless

lacking or denying rest an unquiet curiosity that impelled him to study the world about him relentlessly

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Recent Examples of unquiet These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026 The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025 The decision is an outright and unbridled expression of my unquiet mind. — Outside Online, 10 July 2024 The calamity at Waco, the shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada, unquiet literary unions, a new thriller from Sweden and more. — Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023 Instead of providing an answer, Gleeson takes us into the unquiet mind of a man whose profound unhappiness is its own kind of life force. — The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022 Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation. — Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book. — Fintan O’Toole, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unquiet

Adjective

Observers say the Student List party's policies remain vague, which has some worried about Serbia's future.

— Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Gas prices were safely below $3 a gallon, and, if anything, the energy market was worried about a supply glut that could keep fuel prices low.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of worried

Adjective

The director general was attempting to lift the gloom after being beset with questions from anxious employees about job losses, service reductions, and general retrenchment.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
An anxious child Apart from her scribbled notes, scant details are available about Runa’s experience in detention, according to her lawyer Yoshihiro Mukai.

— Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of anxious

Adjective

That sounds appealing, especially to investors nervous about market declines.

— Daniel Kern, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Shopkeepers boarded up windows while others opened temporarily and endured a nervous Saturday afternoon, after around 3,000 shops were damaged or looted last weekend.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of nervous

Adjective

But bond markets are already uneasy with Brazil's growing debt-to-GDP ratio, and are likely to demand an ever-higher premium if public spending rises significantly.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
The effort is backed by an uneasy alliance between the right-wing Make America Healthy Again movement and progressives, both motivated by concerns over food safety.

— Elijah Wolfson, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of uneasy

Adjective

Ramaswamy, who is challenging Democrat Amy Acton for the governor’s seat, has come under attack from some critics for airing a campaign ad this week featuring Acton’s estranged mother slamming her daughter as a troubled liar.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
Betancourt’s legal problems stemmed from his role in troubled Venezuelan energy projects during the corrupt rule of former President Hugo Chávez.

— Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026