'Restless' definitions:
Definition of 'restless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Worried and uneasy [syn: restless, ungratified, unsatisfied]
adjective
Ceaselessly in motion; "the restless sea"; "the restless wind"
adjective
Definition of 'Restless'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Deprived of rest or sleep. [1913 Webster]
- Restless he passed the remnants of the night. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Restless thrush. (Zool.) See Grinder, 3. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. [1913 Webster] -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'restless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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