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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

... family, however, forbade any thought of purchase. But she had a wonderful gift of painting, and she painted while we children were learning the Latin grammar, or preparing our lessons in the Delectus, much to my terror, as I had a habit of restlessness which, by shaking the table, not only impaired her work, but drew down upon me not a little of reproach; and with these paintings I was despatched on foot to Pakefield, where, in return for them, I was given the famous lithographs, which were ...

— East Anglia - Personal Recollections and Historical Associations • J. Ewing Ritchie

... The restlessness which had brought Ethelberta hither in slippers and dressing-gown at such an early hour owed its origin to another cause than the warmth of the weather; but of that she did not speak as yet. Picotee's ...

— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy

... tears over, a hot fever of restlessness besets you. The space is narrow for disquiet such as yours,—you hunt up and down the strip of floor like a caged beast. No way out,—no way out!—Face to face with lingering death, why not hasten it? No moral scruple withholds ...

— Idolatry - A Romance • Julian Hawthorne

... with clay, dropped to her side, and a tableau endured for a minute or two, suggesting a remote period, a Persian idyl, mayhap. With a smile on her lips she stared at the living model. The chatoyant eyes of the leopard stared back, a flicker of restlessness in their brilliant yellow deeps. The ...

— The Adventures of Kathlyn • Harold MacGrath

... Baring was playing bridge at a table close at hand, but his attention seemed to be abstracted. He looked often towards where Mrs. Benedek sat. There was a restlessness about his manner scarcely in keeping with ...

— The Double Traitor • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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