restless Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite worried and uneasy
    unsatisfied; ungratified.
  2. adjective satellite ceaselessly in motion
    • the restless sea
    • the restless wind
  3. adjective lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
    uneasy.
    • a restless night
    • she fell into an uneasy sleep

WordNet

Rest"less adjective
Etymology
AS. restleás.
Definitions
  1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. Chaucer. "Restless revolution day by day." Milton.
  2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. "Restless at home , and ever prone to range." Dryden.
  3. Deprived of rest or sleep.
    Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.
  4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
  5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper. Syn. -- Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- Rest"less*ly, adv.- Rest"less*ness, n.

Webster 1913