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Adjective: restless  rest-lus
  1. Worried and uneasy
    - ungratified, unsatisfied
     
  2. Ceaselessly in motion
    "the restless sea"; "the restless wind"
     
  3. Nervous and unable to relax
    "a restless child";
    - antsy [N. Amer, informal], fidgety, fretful, itchy, on edge, keyed-up, twitchy [informal]
     
  4. Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
    "a restless night";
    - uneasy

See also: anxious, discontent, discontented, moving, nervous, queasy, tense, uneasy, unquiet

Antonym: reposeful

Encyclopedia: Restless