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adjective

Restless adj.

Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. "Restless revolution day by day."

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."

Deprived of rest or sleep. "Restless he passed the remnants of the night."

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

Not affording rest; as, a restless chair.

Restless thrush. (Zool.) See Grinder, 3.

Synonyms: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Restless" Quotes from Famous Books

... Dick. There is no such general opinion of you. Were you not exonerated from having stolen the wretched little Jew's goods? It is all forgotten," and George Taylor paused in his restless pacing, before the long, graceful figure on the bunk against the wall. Dick raised handsome eyes whose flashing light was made ...

— Down the Mother Lode • Vivia Hemphill

... her news was not so pleasant, for since the first danger was over and Charlie was allowed to be up and about the room, she knew that he was restless, and longing to be out with the boys, enjoying his ...

— In Blue Creek Canon • Anna Chapin Ray

... and in the restless half-slumber into which he fell on being put to bed, he, too, called earnestly for his mother. In his case, poor child, the call ...

— Black Ivory • R.M. Ballantyne

... was to leave for Glasgow, whither he was to travel as delegate to entreat assistance for the strikers. "What could be the matter with him?" thought Mary. He was so restless; he ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

... fear an' tremblin' same as us. Some do the Lard's work ashore, some afloat, some—sich as me—do it by land an' sea both. You doan't work Joe no good trapsing 'bout inland, here, theer, an' everywheers; an' you do yourself harm, 'cause it makes 'e oneasy an' restless. Mendin' holes an' washin' clothes an' prayin' to the Lard to 'a' mercy on your sinful sawl's what you got to do. Also learnin' to cook 'gainst the time you'm a wife an' the mother o' childern, if God so wills. But this ban't no right way o' life for any wan, gentle ...

— Lying Prophets • Eden Phillpotts

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