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/ʌnˈɹɛst/ · noun
A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests..
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?
Few expect the unrest to stop anytime soon. The government may hope to outflank the protest movement by painting them as unwilling to accept compromise, but even some of Lam’s allies have publicly said that the withdrawal was too little, too late.
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.
Use unrest when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unrest means A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests..
Common synonyms include agitation, ferment, fermentation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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?
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