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restless

adjective US /ˈrestləs/

worried and uneasy

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,878 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,740 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

adjective

  1. worried and uneasy also: ungratified, unsatisfied
  2. ceaselessly in motion the restless seathe restless wind
  3. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest also: uneasy a restless nightshe fell into an uneasy sleep

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

restless in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • He was restless, and did not know why.

    Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1

  • John was restless, and with youth's ambition rebelled against the narrow restrictions of the little town.

    Drusilla with a Million · Elizabeth Cooper · Chapter 1

  • Here in Jean Jacques was the same ruddy brown face, black restless eye, and young, silken, brown beard.

    The Money Master, Complete · Gilbert Parker · Chapter 1

  • The very sheep are restless in their fold, They watch the star and do not mind the cold.

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

  • Even the dogs were whining and restless, impatient to get off again for the last stage of their journey.

    A Countess from Canada · Bessie Marchant · Chapter 1

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