Definition of Restless

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Restless

Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.

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.

Deprived of rest or sleep.

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

Not affording rest; as, a restless chair.

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Restless Quotations

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
Kahlil Gibran

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.
Wilson Mizner

It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.
Mary Wollstonecraft

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Fran Lebowitz

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.
Thomas Hobbes

I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.
Thomas Huxley

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
Charlotte Bronte

With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
Geddy Lee

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
Walter Lippmann

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
Buffalo Bill

Restless Translations

restless in German is ruhelos, rastlos, rastlosen
restless in Latin is sollicitus, turbatus

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