Meaning of restlessness in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Noun

    restlessness

    Definitions

    1. the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active

    Examples

    • « the restlessness of the wind »
  2. 2. a lack of patience

    Examples

    • « irritation with anything that causes delay »
  3. 3. a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion

    Examples

    • « he's got the fidgets »
    • « waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness »

    Derived terms

  4. 4. inability to rest or relax or be still

Famous quotes

  • « Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. »
    Thomas A. Edison
  • « If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. »
    Hubert H. Humphrey
  • « We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. »
    Mother Teresa
  • « Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. »
    John Ruskin

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