unrest /ʌnˈɹɛst/ noun2 •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? — 1850 •Something that troubles or confuses; that which causes unrest. formsunrests