Category:Restless

Rest"less, a. Etym: [as. restleás.]

1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless Child. Chaucer. "restless revolution day by day." Milton.

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.

3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.

4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.

5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper. Restless thrush. (zoöl.) See grinder, 3.

Syn. -- unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; Unsettled; roving; wandering. -- rest"less*ly, adv.- Rest"less*ness, n.