NOUN | attribute | restlessness | the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active |
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state | restlessness, impatience | a lack of patience | |
feeling | restlessness, fidget, fidgetiness | a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion | |
attribute | restlessness, uneasiness, queasiness | inability to rest or relax or be still |
Sounds | reh'stlahsnahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | The quality of being ceaselessly moving or active. | |
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Example | "the restlessness of the wind" | |
Broader | mobility | The quality of moving freely |
Adjectives | restless | ceaselessly in motion |
Meaning | A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay. | |
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Synonym | impatience | |
Broader | irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration | The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
Spanish | impaciencia | |
Catalan | impaciència |
Meaning | A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion. | |
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Example | "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness" | |
Synonyms | fidget, fidgetiness | |
Narrower | impatience | A restless desire for change and excitement |
Broader | agitation | The feeling of being agitated |
Spanish | azogue | |
Catalan | belluguet |
Meaning | inability to rest or relax or be still. | |
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Synonyms | uneasiness, queasiness | |
Narrower | jactitation, jactation | (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching / twitching usually by a person with a severe illness |
Broader | nervousness | A sensitive or highly strung temperament |
Spanish | agitación, desasosiego, inquietud, intranquilidad, nerviosismo | |
Catalan | agitació, desassossec, inquietud, intranquil·litat, nerviosisme, nerviositat | |
Adjectives | restless | lacking or not affording physical or mental rest |
restless | worried and uneasy |
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