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unrest

ənˈrɛst
WordNet
Unrest in Arnhem. The innkeeper Limphers in the Roggestraat near the Velperpoort in Arnhem shoots with a pistol at the attacking Orange-minded soldiers of Somerlatte, 12 March 1787.
Unrest in Arnhem. The innkeeper Limphers in the Roggestraat near the Velperpoort in Arnhem shoots with a pistol at the attacking Orange-minded soldiers of Somerlatte, 12 March 1787.
  1. (n) unrest
    a feeling of restless agitation
  2. (n) unrest
    a state of agitation or turbulent change or development "the political ferment produced new leadership","social unrest"
Illustrations
Nijkerkse Beroeringen. Unrest among the church visitors during the preaching of Rev. Gerardus Kuijpers in Nijkerk (Nieuwkerk), 1749. Marked top right: XI Dl. Pl. XII.
Nijkerkse Beroeringen. Unrest among the church visitors during the preaching of Rev. Gerardus Kuijpers in Nijkerk (Nieuwkerk), 1749. Marked top right: XI Dl. Pl. XII.
The Rise and Fall of the Actionists. Sheet with various representations about the unrest caused by the wind trade of 1720. Central at the bottom of Quinquempoix: a crowd of victims of the wind trade gathered on the Dam near the Kalverstraat, above it The Thuilleriece Hof: panic in the Parisian Tuileries. At the top, a portrait of John Law, a note with Mississippi in hand, with a monkey and a wolf biting a sheep. Top left merchant shipping, top right excavation work for the Utrecht canal. In the caption a verse in seven columns. Print in the hardback first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Fwaasheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel from 1720.
The Rise and Fall of the Actionists. Sheet with various representations about the unrest caused by the wind trade of 1720. Central at the bottom of Quinquempoix: a crowd of victims of the wind trade gathered on the Dam near the Kalverstraat, above it The Thuilleriece Hof: panic in the Parisian Tuileries. At the top, a portrait of John Law, a note with Mississippi in hand, with a monkey and a wolf biting a sheep. Top left merchant shipping, top right excavation work for the Utrecht canal. In the caption a verse in seven columns. Print in the hardback first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Fwaasheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel from 1720.
The church and pride spark intrigue and unrest. The Roman Church incites the bishops of Münster, Cologne and Strasbourg and Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg to war. Central to the depiction of the pride of the French king Louis XIV who has more crowns on his head than he can bear. On the right, the prosperity of the Republic is viewed with envy. In the background, Catholics forge bishop's staffs into weapons, on the right the ties around the world are broken. Allegory of the political situation in the Republic in the year 1674. Numbered top right: 2.
The church and pride spark intrigue and unrest. The Roman Church incites the bishops of Münster, Cologne and Strasbourg and Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg to war. Central to the depiction of the pride of the French king Louis XIV who has more crowns on his head than he can bear. On the right, the prosperity of the Republic is viewed with envy. In the background, Catholics forge bishop's staffs into weapons, on the right the ties around the world are broken. Allegory of the political situation in the Republic in the year 1674. Numbered top right: 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Unrest
    Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude. "Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest !", "Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast?"
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) unrest
    Lack of rest or quietude, physical or mental.
  2. unrest
    To disturb; deprive of rest.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Unrest
    un-rest′ want of rest: disquiet of mind or body
Quotations
Andre Gide
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
Andre Gide
Joseph A. Schumpeter
Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.
Joseph A. Schumpeter
Henry Van Dyke
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
Henry Van Dyke
Don Marquis
A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
Don Marquis
Usage in the news

Unrest – Malcolm X Park. blog.kexp.org

The allegations date back to the unrest in Bahrian last year. cnn.com

The Occupy Wall Street protest recently reached its one-year anniversary, and it's fitting that the civil unrest that marked 2011 fueled some of the most compelling music of 2012. riverfronttimes.com

0Mitt Romney is using the unrest in the Middle East and Barack Obama's interview on "60 Minutes" to challenge the president's foreign policy. fox21news.com

The unrest has tested the president's efforts to seek ethnic reconciliation. cnn.com

Myanmar 's Suu Kyi wants gov't action on unrest. democratandchronicle.com

NM National Guard troops in Egypt as unrest grows. koat.com

China mining company causes unrest in Niger . csmonitor.com

North Africa 's Unrest Alters 2012 Campaign. nbcsandiego.com

Arab unrest, high food prices cast pall on Ramadan. msnbc.msn.com

Have spending cuts played a role in unrest. csmonitor.com

Egypt's ruling generals say the country's parliamentary elections set to start Monday won't be postponed despite days of unrest. ashingtonpost.com

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's prime minister is defending his decision to raise prices for household fuel, four days after the move sparked unrest that left one person killed and scores wounded. ivb.com

Putin Plans to Roll Out Version 2.0 to Stem Russian Unrest. businessweek.com

Shareholder Unrest Continues at Romania's Oltchim. chemweek.com

Usage in scientific papers

In this period the Brazilian economy has experienced periods of political and economical unrest, of hyperinflation, of currency crises and of ma jor regulatory changes.
Underlying Dynamics of Typical Fluctuations of an Emerging Market Price Index: The Heston Model from Minutes to Months

Hence periods of unrest may prevail before a social cluster tries to reorganize itself if the cluster contains several conflicting sub-domains with scarce shared resources.
Organization and Complexity in a Nested Hierarchical Spin-Glass like Social Space

Usage in literature

It is a modification of the scheme by which the medieval woman sought to escape unrest. "The Business of Being a Woman" by Ida M. Tarbell

The truth appears to be that he came to the throne as the leader of a palace revolution at a time of great unrest. "Myths of Babylonia and Assyria" by Donald A. Mackenzie

He found a deserted house, but its solitude was too noisy for his unrest. "The Half-Hearted" by John Buchan

In his mind still worked and seethed the unresting ferment which had become a torment. "Destiny" by Charles Neville Buck

You have sown unrest, and must not be surprised if neurasthenia is the harvest thereof. "The House of the Vampire" by George Sylvester Viereck

Let me now turn to our second question: internal political unrest. "Essays in Liberalism" by Various

But when she had passed, he again followed, now with even greater unrest and pain at his heart. "Sunrise" by William Black

A wailing note came from the north, a sighing vague with a portent of force; a whisper of unrest, a promise of fury. "The Trail Horde" by Charles Alden Seltzer

This produced great native unrest, especially in the provinces by the upper Yangtze. "A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]" by Wolfram Eberhard

The unrest in the Southern States, nevertheless, although it had been temporarily quelled by force, was not long in reasserting itself. "South America" by W. H. Koebel

Usage in poetry
Fill music's ways
With creaking cries,
That no loud praise
May climb the skies;
And on my labouring chest
Lay mountains of unrest.
"The Asthmatic To The Satan That Binds Him" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
And along the strands I'm passing
Listening, waiting, in unrest,
That she from the reeds may issue
And fall, gently, on my breast;
"The Lake" by Mihai Eminescu Author object (496)
Sweet peace and love, on that dread morn
Gave place to sad unrest,
And hate, became with pride and scorn,
The tennants of the breast.
"The Youthful Villager And The Hermit" by James Madison Bell
"O kind allurers, wisely sent,
Beguiling with benign intent,
Still move us, through divine unrest,
To seek the loveliest and the best!
"The Seeking Of The Waterfall" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
Silence (in truth) would speak my sorrow best,
For, deepest wounds can least their feelings tell;
Yet, let me borrow from mine own unrest,
But time to bid him, whom I lov'd, farewel.
"Tears At The Grave Of Sir Albertus Morton (Who Was Buried At Southampton) Wept" by Sir Henry Wotton Author object (616)
At home with the mother that loves him best,
With the hearts that have ached with sad unrest,
With the hearts that are thrilling with untold joy
Because we have found our wandering boy.
"Wanderer's Return" by Frances Ellen Watkins