restless

[rest·less]

When you're restless, you find it hard to sit still or concentrate on anything. An audience often grows restless when they're waiting for the second act of a play to start and there's an unexpected delay.

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Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.

Adjective S.
worried and uneasy

Adjective S.
ceaselessly in motion; "the restless sea"; "the restless wind"

Adjective S.
unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"

Adjective S.
marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep"


a.
Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.

a.
Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects.

a.
Deprived of rest or sleep.

a.
Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.

a.
Not affording rest; as, a restless chair.


Restless

Rest"less, a. [AS. restle'a0s.] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. Chaucer. "Restless revolution day by day." Milton. 2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. "Restless at home , and ever prone to range." Dryden. 3. Deprived of rest or sleep.
Restless he passed the remnants of the night.
4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper. Restless thrush. (Zo'94l.) See Grinder, 3. Syn. -- Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- Rest"less*ly, adv.- Rest"less*ness, n.

Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.

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Usage Examples

For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a road that I know.

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.

I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how I'm going to be able to accomplish this feat, get jittery. That hunger and those butterflies in the stomach are very essential for all creative people.

Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

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