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restlessness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle['a]s.] 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. --Dryden. 4. Passed in unquietness; as the patient has had a restless night. 5. Not affording rest; as a restless chair. --Cowper. {Restless thrush}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Grinder}, 3. Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: restlessness n 1: the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active; "the restlessness of the wind" 2: a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay [syn: {impatience}] 3: a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness" [syn: {fidget}, {fidgetiness}] 4: inability to rest or relax or be still [syn: {uneasiness}]
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