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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

... invalid. When I heard this account of the horse, I don't mind confessing that my heart warmed to him. Visions of Thomas Idle ambling serenely on the back of a steed as lazy as himself, presenting to a restless world the soothing and composite spectacle of a kind of sluggardly Centaur, too peaceable in his habits to alarm anybody, swam attractively before my eyes. I went to look at the horse in the stable. Nice fellow! he was fast asleep with ...

— The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices • Charles Dickens

... clothed in some coarse, black stuff that bristled as though loosely woven of stiff hair, and yet which was not a true fabric, for it seemed to move within itself, and scintillate, as though composed of billions of restless motes. And as the strange creatures closed in quickly, I saw that theirs was not solid flesh, but, like the clothing that partially covered them, an attenuated substance that was not ...

— The Infra-Medians • Sewell Peaslee Wright

... noticed at the time, and commented on largely by-and-bye. If the all-absorbing topic of the day, Beatrice's wedding, was discussed, she invariably grew grave, her face would become a shade paler than its wont, and her bright, restless eyes would ...

— The Honorable Miss - A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town • L. T. Meade

... that even as pleasant a cycle as his could not be pursued indefinitely. At Davos he first noted a change. Though he took the curves in the long run with a daring that proved his eye to be as quick and his nerves as steady as ever, he was restless. ...

— The Triflers • Frederick Orin Bartlett

... and restless, hardly able to bear the thought of the hours that must pass before she could see ...

— Marcella • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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