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unquiet

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Restless, uneasy, agitated, or disturbed; describes troubled minds, turbulent weather, or uneasy sleep in dramatic verse.

Detailed Definition
Unquiet is a somewhat literary adjective meaning disturbed or restless. In the poem it describes the sea’s movement, helping contrast the speaker’s inner agitation with the calm self-possession of the stars and waters.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Over the lit sea's unquiet way” (Yeats, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”); The unquiet sea worried the moon's reflection; An unquiet mind kept turning the locked door of memory; “Unquiet” means restless or disturbed rather than peaceful; The city remained unquiet long after the marching ended
Additional Notes
Unquiet is a literary adjective in the quoted line and may be less familiar than common words like calm or quiet.; Found in the poem, Self-Dependence by Matthew Arnold
Also Known As
restless agitated turbulent unsettled
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