uncalmn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɑːm/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɑ(l)m/ Absence of calm; lack of stillness or tranquillity; agitation, disquiet.
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1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide vi. 28 I must get back to the evil light, and uncalm, of the places I was taking you through.
1949 Mag. Fantasy Fall 125 A feeling of uncalm suddenly came over her and she closed the trunk, tucking the manuscript under her arm.
1961 Archit. Forum June 86/1 The Italianate uncalm of Gio Ponti's auditorium in the Time and Life Building.
2004 B. Landor Week in Winter 93 How do I sit so calmly rocking in this chair, singing Jack a gentle lullaby at day's end, when I am shot through with uncalm, distress inflaming every part of me?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
uncalmadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɑːm/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɑ(l)m/ Not calm; lacking stillness or tranquillity; agitated, disquieted.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > agitated
troubly1513
exagitated1659
uncalm1699
troubled1855
1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. ii. 103 Made from a constant ill humor, frowardness, and disquiet, in an uncalm, unaffable, and unloving Temper.
1725 R. Barford Abelard to Eloisa 12 Restless, uncalm, abandon'd to my woes, In the still realms of silence and repose.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh i. 378 The momentary meteors sent Across th' uncalm, but beauteous firmament.
1925 Times 29 Aug. 8/5 The Red Sea heaved and rolled in a manner ominously uncalm.
2016 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 June 18 As political certainties quake and rupture overseas, I find myself decidedly uncalm.
Derivatives
unˈcalmly adj.
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1844 Constancy & Contrition III. 201 She wiped away every tear that remained on her cheek; and seating herself beside her mother, began, not uncalmly, to speak.
1943 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 9 July 4/5 A lady uncalmly demands that Joe make a correction in her club meeting.
2000 J. Bayley Iris & her Friends 252 She stood there, gazing uncalmly at the floor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
uncalmv.
transitive. To deprive of calm; to agitate, disturb.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > cause nervous excitement or agitate [verb (transitive)]
to carry away?1529
agitate1591
fermentate1599
tumultuate1616
alarm1620
overwork1645
uncalm1650
flutter1664
pother1692
to set afloata1713
fluctuate1788
fuss1816
tumult1819
to break up1825
rile1857
to steam up1860
to shake up1884
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > specific air or water
trouble1340
(to be, set) a walm?1605
uncalm1650
1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 40 Thus the Enlarg'd, enraged air Uncalmes these [waters] to a floud.
1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour ii. ii. 23 What strange disquiet has uncalm'd your breast..!
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n.1867adj.1699
v.1650