Restlessness
['rɛstlɪsnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) inability to rest or relax or be still.
(noun.) the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active; 'the restlessness of the wind'.
(noun.) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay.
Checked by Elaine--From WordNet
Examples
- Wandering seemed to her like restlessness, dissatisfaction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The two visits had stirred her into restlessness. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Even the power of restlessness was gone, except from the poor head, which could just turn from side to side. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- While turning in febrile restlessness, she had pushed the coverlets a little aside. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- About his large bright eyes that used to be so merry there was a wanness and a restlessness that changed them altogether. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But my restlessness made me get up again, to walk about a little. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One, his incessant restlessness and excitability--which may be caused, naturally enough, by unusual energy of character. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There is a restlessness in all disorders of the mind, which the sufferer imagines can be best relieved by exercise. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- For all bilious diseases or disorders arising from torpidity of the liver, dyspepsia, bilious headache, costiveness, sour stomach, jaundice, heartburn, nervousness, restlessness, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He was not calm; his spirits were evidently fluttered; there was restlessness about him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- His wearisome cough and his comfortless restlessness have certainly increased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Here, as well as on the march up, his restlessness, particularly under responsibilities, showed itself. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A restlessness, a fear of what was about to betide, a doubt as to Raymond's purposes, urged me to return without delay to his quarters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Our evening march, more calm, was yet more delightful than the morning restlessness of spirit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Susanna