restless

restless
[[t]re̱stləs[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED If you are restless, you are bored, impatient, or dissatisfied, and you want to do something else.

By 1982, she was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent.

...a major new initiative to placate the country's restless intellectuals.

Derived words:
restlessness N-UNCOUNT

From the audience came increasing sounds of restlessness.

2) ADJ-GRADED If someone is restless, they keep moving around because they find it difficult to keep still.

My father seemed very restless and excited.

Syn:
Derived words:
restlessness N-UNCOUNT

Karen complained of hyperactivity and restlessness.

restlessly ADV usu ADV with v

He paced up and down restlessly, trying to put his thoughts in order.

3) ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n If you have a restless sleep, you do not sleep properly and when you wake up you feel tired and uncomfortable.

The shocking revelations of the 700-page report had caused him several restless nights...

Hurt had spent a restless few hours on the plane from Paris.

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