Restless

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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     3. Deprived of rest or sleep.
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              Restless he passed the remnants of the night.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless
        night.
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     5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper.
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     {Restless thrush}. (Zool.) See {Grinder}, 3.
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     Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless;
          agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.-
          {Rest"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  restless
       adj 1: unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of
              hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"
              [syn: {fidgety}, {fretful}, {itchy}]
       2: worried and uneasy [syn: {ungratified}, {unsatisfied}]
       3: ceaselessly in motion; "the restless sea"; "the restless
          wind"
       4: marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; "spent a
          restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep" [syn: {uneasy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  179 Moby Thesaurus words for "restless":
     adrift, afloat, agitated, alternating, amorphous, antsy,
     antsy-pantsy, anxious, apprehensive, beefing, bellyaching,
     bitching, breathless, bustling, capricious, chafing, changeable,
     changeful, complaining, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky,
     croaking, desultory, deviable, disappointed, discomposed,
     discontented, disgruntled, displeased, disquieted, dissatisfied,
     disturbed, dizzy, eager, eccentric, edgy, envious, erratic,
     excitable, excited, fast and loose, faultfinding, feverish, fickle,
     fidgety, fitful, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating,
     flurried, flustered, fluttering, fluttery, freakish, fretful,
     fretting, fussing, fussy, giddy, griping, grouchy, grousing,
     growling, grumbling, hasty, high-strung, hopped-up, hyper,
     impatient, impetuous, impulsive, in a lather, in a stew,
     in a sweat, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm,
     insomniac, insomnious, intermittent, irregular, irresolute,
     irresponsible, itchy, jittery, jumpy, malcontent, malcontented,
     mazy, mercurial, moody, murmuring, muttering, nervous, nervy,
     on edge, on tenterhooks, out of humor, peevish, perturbed,
     petulant, querulant, querulous, rambling, rebellious, resentful,
     restive, roving, ruffled, scatterbrained, shaken, shaken up,
     shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, skittish, sleepless,
     slumberless, spasmodic, spineless, squirming, squirmy, stirred up,
     sulky, tense, troubled, troublous, turbulent, unaccepting,
     unaccommodating, unaccountable, uncertain, uncontrolled,
     undependable, undisciplined, uneasy, unfixed, unfulfilled,
     ungratified, unhappy, unpatient, unpeaceful, unpredictable,
     unquiet, unreliable, unrestful, unrestrained, unsatisfied,
     unsettled, unsleeping, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid,
     unsteadfast, unsteady, upset, uptight, vacillating, vagrant,
     variable, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wakeful,
     wandering, wanton, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical,
     whiny, wishy-washy, worked up