Unrest

//ʌnˈɹɛst//

Synonyms for "unrest" (136 found)

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Translations

38 translations across 27 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • onrus noun (state of trouble)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shqetësi noun (state of trouble)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀκαταστασία noun (state of trouble)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խռովություն noun (state of trouble)
  • հուզում noun (state of trouble)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • narahatlıq noun (state of trouble)
  • təlatüm noun (state of trouble)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • беспарадкі noun (state of trouble)
  • хваляванні noun (state of trouble)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • неспокойствие noun (state of trouble)
  • притеснение noun (state of trouble)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 動亂 /动乱 noun (state of trouble)
  • 動蕩 /动荡 or 動盪 /动荡 noun (state of trouble)

Cornish

1 entries
  • ankres noun (state of trouble)

Danish

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  • uro noun (state of trouble)

Dutch

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  • onrust noun (state of trouble)

Finnish

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  • levottomuus noun (state of trouble)

French

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  • agitation noun (state of trouble)

German

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  • Unruhen noun (state of trouble)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 動乱 noun (state of trouble)
  • 動揺 noun (state of trouble)

Latgalian

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  • jukums noun (state of trouble)

Latvian

1 entries
  • jukas noun (state of trouble)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • uro noun (state of trouble)

Persian

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  • بلوا noun (state of trouble)

Polish

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  • zamieszki noun (state of trouble)

Portuguese

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  • inquietação noun (state of trouble)

Romanian

2 entries
  • dezordine noun (state of trouble)
  • tulburare noun (state of trouble)

Russian

2 entries
  • беспоря́дки noun (state of trouble)
  • волне́ния noun (state of trouble)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • mì-shuaimhneas noun (state of trouble)

Spanish

3 entries
  • descontentamiento noun (state of trouble)
  • descontento noun (state of trouble)
  • inquietud noun (state of trouble)

Swedish

1 entries
  • oro noun (state of trouble)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • завору́шення noun (state of trouble)
  • неспо́кій noun (state of trouble)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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

Source: tatoeba (20824)

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

Source: tatoeba (21462)

Foreign investors backed off because of regional political unrest.

Source: tatoeba (21892)

Social unrest may come about as a result of this long recession.

Source: tatoeba (60755)

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