Thesaurus: restless

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1. a. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.
2. 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.
3. a. Deprived of rest or sleep.
4. a. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
5. a. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair.
6. adj. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
7. adj. worried and uneasy
8. adj. ceaselessly in motion
9. adj. nervous and unable to relax
10. 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. (Zoöl.) See Grinder, 3. Syn. -- Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- Rest"less*ly, adv.- Rest"less*ness, n.
11. j:100 s. worried and uneasy s. ceaselessly in motion a. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest