restless

[ rest-lis ]

/ ˈrɛst lɪs /

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adjective

characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.

unquiet or uneasy, as a person, the mind, or the heart.

never at rest; perpetually agitated or in motion: the restless sea.

without rest; without restful sleep: a restless night.

unceasingly active; averse to quiet or inaction, as persons: a restless crowd.

Origin of restless

before 1000; Middle English restles, Old English restlēas. See rest¹, -less

SYNONYMS FOR restless

1–3 restive, agitated, fretful.

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OTHER WORDS FROM restless

rest·less·ly, adverb rest·less·ness, noun

Words nearby restless

resting place, resting tidal volume, restitute, restitution, restive, restless, restless cavy, restless legs syndrome, resto, restock, reston

Example sentences from the Web for restless

But even without help from a restless tectonic plate, folks in the Napa Valley get easily agitated.

Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards |Clive Irving |August 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His body has an even grace, his face a restless eagerness, and a gentleness, not to be confused with ‘niceness,’ is his manner.

The Stacks: Grateful Dead I Have Known |Ed McClanahan |August 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A restless American who rarely lived in one place for more than two years, he knew he was after something different.

A Gay American Artist in Kaiser’s Berlin |Sarah Bay Williams |August 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He showed signs of a restless, wandering soul, someone searching for meaning around him.

Bergdahl’s Bitter Homecoming: The Psychological Cost of War |Jean Kim |July 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

At night, restless, he moves back and forth between the two more often.

Adam Hochschild on Keeping Company With His Dying Father |Adam Hochschild |June 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His daughter's tranquillity seems to have come from her mother; certainly it cannot be inherited from the restless Reginald Adair.

A True Friend |Adeline Sergeant
And now she was restless as she had not been before, for, energetic as she had always been, she had never driven others.

Mary Gray |Katharine Tynan
When Restless, the carpenter, broke his leg the boy was always around.

The One-Way Trail |Ridgwell Cullum
For a long time—in exact figures just a month, which to restless fighting men is a near eternity—the sector was quiet.

With the Doughboy in France |Edward Hungerford
He looked at the old man with a restless appeal in his big, deer-like eyes.

In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim |Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for restless

restless

/ (ˈrɛstlɪs) /

adjective

unable to stay still or quiet

ceaselessly active or moving the restless wind

worried; anxious; uneasy

not restful; without repose a restless night

Derived forms of restless

restlessly, adverb restlessness, noun

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