unrest

CEFRB2

/ʌnˈɹɛst/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A situation involving public disorder, protest, or anxiety.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something that troubles or confuses; that which causes unrest.

Examples

  • Economic inequality can lead to widespread social unrest in cities.

  • Social unrest may come about as a result of the endless rising of prices.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.

More examples

In context

  • Some scholars ascribe the settlement of America to social unrest in Western Europe.

  • 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?

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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”).