restless
rest|less /r'estləs/
1 [ADJ]
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.
● restlessness [N-UNCOUNT]
From the audience came increasing sounds of restlessness.
2 [ADJ]
If someone is restless, they keep moving around because they find it difficult to keep still.
My father seemed very restless and excited.
● 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] ADJ n
If you have a restless night, 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...
1 [ADJ]
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.
● restlessness [N-UNCOUNT]
From the audience came increasing sounds of restlessness.
2 [ADJ]
If someone is restless, they keep moving around because they find it difficult to keep still.
My father seemed very restless and excited.
● 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] ADJ n
If you have a restless night, 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...