unrest

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈɹɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

unrest (usually uncountable, plural unrests)

1. A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XVI, page 26:

     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?

Derived terms

• civil unrest

Translations

state of trouble

• Afrikaans: onrus
• Albanian: shqetësi f
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: խռովություն (hy) (xṙovutʿyun), հուզում (hy) (huzum)
• Azerbaijani: təlatüm (az), narahatlıq (az)
• Belarusian: беспарадкі m pl (bjesparadki), хваляванні n pl (xvaljavanni)
• Bulgarian: неспокойствие (bg) (nespokojstvie), притеснение (bg) n (pritesnenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動亂／动乱 (zh) (dòngluàn), 動蕩／动荡 (zh) (dòngdàng) or 動盪／动荡 (zh) (dòngdàng)

• Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: uro c
• Dutch: onrust (nl) c
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: levottomuus (fi)
• French: agitation (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Unruhen (de) f pl
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκαταστασία f (akatastasía)

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 動乱 (ja) (どうらん, dōran), 動揺 (ja) (どうよう, dōyō)
• Latgalian: jukums
• Latvian: jukas
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: uro (no) c
• Persian: بلوا (fa) (balvâ)
• Polish: zamieszki (pl) pl
• Portuguese: inquietação (pt) f
• Romanian: tulburare (ro) f, dezordine (ro) f
• Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) m pl (besporjádki), волне́ния (ru) n pl (volnénija)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneas m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: inquietud (es) f
• Swedish: oro (sv) c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: неспо́кій m (nespókij), завору́шення n (zavorúšennja)

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