the.com/unrest
The collective fidget that happens right before history starts taking notes.
means A state of public agitation or dissatisfaction, usually political, that hasn't yet boiled over into full revolt.
from Late Middle English, simply un- plus rest — literally the absence of rest, a society too restless to sit still.
Severity scaleSits between grumbling and outright revolution.
News codeReporters' word for crowds plus tension.
Grammar quirkAlmost always uncountable, like the anxiety it names.