restless

From Middle English restles, restelees, from Old English ræstlēas, equivalent to rest +‎ -less.

• enPR: rĕstʹlĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛstlɪs/

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• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛstləs/
• Hyphenation: rest‧less

restless (comparative more restless, superlative most restless)

1. Not allowing or affording rest.

   The night before his wedding was a restless one.

2. Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.

   Synonym: antsy

   He was a restless child.

   She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.

3. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.

   A restless ambition.

4. Deprived of rest or sleep.

   They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.

• “restless”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “restless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• restless on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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