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RESTLESS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worried and uneasy
Synonyms:
restless; ungratified; unsatisfied
Classified under:
Similar:
discontent; discontented (showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing)
Derivation:
restlessness (inability to rest or relax or be still)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ceaselessly in motion
Example:
the restless wind
Classified under:
Similar:
moving (in motion)
Derivation:
restlessness (the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
Example:
she fell into an uneasy sleep
Synonyms:
restless; uneasy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
restful (affording physical or mental rest)
Derivation:
restlessness (inability to rest or relax or be still)
Context examples:
He was a very restless gentleman, sir, a-walkin’ and a-stampin’ all the time he was here.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You spent a restless night at your cottage, and you formed certain plans, which in the early morning you proceeded to put into execution.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Towards the evening Marianne became ill again, growing more heavy, restless, and uncomfortable than before.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) I feel restless as if I have to be on the move.
(HADS - I Feel Restless as if I Have to be on the Move, NCI Thesaurus)
Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Does your chest trouble often make you feel restless?
(AQ20 - Chest Trouble Make You Feel Restless, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual is or was so restless that it was hard to sit still.
(Being So Restless it is Hard to Sit Still, NCI Thesaurus)
You men have such restless curiosity!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual.
(PHQ-9 - Moving or Speaking Slowly or the Opposite being Fidgety or Restless, NCI Thesaurus)
I walked about the isle like a restless spectre, separated from all it loved and miserable in the separation.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7) Being so restless that it is hard to sit still.
(GAD-7 - Being so Restless That it is Hard to Sit Still, NCI Thesaurus)
