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Restlessness

noun

The quality of being ceaselessly moving or active.

A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay. Synonym: impatience.

A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion. Synonyms: fidget, fidgetiness. "Waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"

Inability to rest or relax or be still. Synonyms: queasiness, uneasiness.

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"Restlessness" Quotes from Famous Books

... day was under the dominion of a terrible restlessness. Towards the dinner hour she walked in the quadrangle. In the dusk she lost all self-control when a figure approached. Her knees sank under her and she dropped to the ground. It was Robert Audley who helped her to rise and then led ...

— The Worlds Greatest Books - Vol. II: Fiction • Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.

... little wild one was in and out and everywhere just as it hit her fancy. She had never been taught even to know her letters; she had never been kept to any task; she was a complete slave of idleness, restlessness, and ennui. 'It is time for Louisa to go to England,' was quietly remarked by the parents; and no one present ...

— The Fairchild Family • Mary Martha Sherwood

... days, the fatal three days, did Adrian remain bereft of strength and sense. But he was not smitten by the scourge which his devoted and generous nurse had anticipated. It was a fierce and dangerous fever, brought on by the great fatigue, restlessness, and terrible ...

— Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... doctor came out and joined Rankin waiting at the head of the stairs. He looked very old and tired, but the ghastly expression of strain was replaced with a flickering restlessness. He came up to Rankin, blinking rapidly, and touched him on the arm. "Look here!" he whispered. "Her pulse has gone down from a hundred and fifty to a hundred ...

— The Squirrel-Cage • Dorothy Canfield

... this tale, he began to move about the room, taking down, folding up, opening and shutting lids; his restlessness was terrible to see. "By sunrise, I would like to be off," he said. "It is like death, to be in the house which is no longer ours." Ramona had spoken no words since her first cry on hearing that terrible laugh. ...

— Ramona • Helen Hunt Jackson

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