Social unrest may come about as a result of the endless rising of prices.
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Unrest
//ʌnˈɹɛst//
Synonyms for "unrest" (136 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 27 languages.
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
1 entries- uro noun (state of trouble)
Dutch
1 entries- onrust noun (state of trouble)
Finnish
1 entries- levottomuus noun (state of trouble)
French
1 entries- agitation noun (state of trouble)
German
1 entries- Unruhen noun (state of trouble)
Japanese
2 entries- 動乱 noun (state of trouble)
- 動揺 noun (state of trouble)
Latgalian
1 entries- jukums noun (state of trouble)
Latvian
1 entries- jukas noun (state of trouble)
Norwegian
1 entries- uro noun (state of trouble)
Persian
1 entries- بلوا noun (state of trouble)
Polish
1 entries- zamieszki noun (state of trouble)
Portuguese
1 entries- 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.
Some scholars ascribe the settlement of America to social unrest in Western Europe.
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Foreign investors backed off because of regional political unrest.
Source: tatoeba (21892)
Social unrest may come about as a result of this long recession.
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