restless
English
Etymology
From Middle English restles, restelees, from Old English ræstlēas, equivalent to rest + -less.
Pronunciation
- enPR: rĕstʹlĭs, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛstlɪs/
Audio (US) (file) - (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛstləs/
- Hyphenation: rest‧less
Adjective
restless (comparative more restless, superlative most restless)
- Not allowing or affording rest.
- The night before his wedding was a restless one.
- Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
- He was a restless child.
- She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
- Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
- A restless ambition.
- Deprived of rest or sleep.
- They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
Translations
not allowing or affording rest
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unable to be still or quiet
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not satisfied to be at rest or peace
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deprived of rest or sleep
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References
- “restless”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “restless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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