RESTLESS


Meaning of RESTLESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ restləs ]

1.

If you are restless , you are bored, impatient, or dissatisfied, and you want to do something else.

By 1982, she was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent.

ADJ

• rest‧less‧ness

From the audience came increasing sounds of restlessness.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If someone is restless , they keep moving around because they find it difficult to keep still.

My father seemed very restless and excited.

ADJ

• rest‧less‧ness

Karen complained of hyperactivity and restlessness.

N-UNCOUNT

• rest‧less‧ly

He paced up and down restlessly, trying to put his thoughts in order.

ADV : usu ADV with v

3.

If you have a restless night, you do not sleep properly and when you wake up you feel tired and uncomfortable.

The shocking revelations of the 700-page report had caused him several restless nights...

ADJ : ADJ n

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