🌊 Not calm 🔔 To disturb

unstill

7.7

Restless and unable to keep calm

adjective
/ʌnˈstɪl/

: inquieto

Her unstill emotions made it difficult for her to concentrate on anything.

Examples

In the unstill environment of the busy city, he felt constantly on edge.
I am at home here near the unstill gloss of the mad natural flowers of light on the walls: American light, American childhood: American happiness...

Fiction book (1991)
The sea was unstill, with waves crashing against the shore and creating a chaotic scene.

Synonyms

unquiet

vsunstill

2 7.9

Not calm or peaceful, often restless because of worry

is about being restless or moving emotionally or physically

unstrung

vsunstill

1 7.6

Very nervous and unable to think clearly after a shock or stress

is milder, meaning general unrest or physical or emotional movement

unrelaxed

vsunstill

5.6

Feeling nervous and tense because of worry or pressure

is about not being calm, often showing movement or restlessness

Antonyms

still

∞ 1.0

Not moving or making a sound

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

How Calm

serene

38 3.9

calm

735 1.0

uneasy

98 3.2

unstill

7.7

agitated

49 4.1

frantic

93 3.9

Surface Forms

unstill positive

Morphology

unstill = still (transparent) = un + still

The adjective is a straightforward negation formed by the productive prefix 'un-' on the adjective 'still', so its meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word unstill is made of un- (meaning 'not') and still (meaning 'calm' or 'not moving'), so it paints the picture of something that cannot stay calm. So, unstill describes a person or feeling that is restless or moving with worry.