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Webster 1828 Edition

Restlessness

REST'LESSNESS

, n.

1.

Uneasiness; unquietness; a state of disturbance or agitation, either of body or mind.

2.

Want of sleep or rest; uneasiness.

3.

Motion; agitation; as the restlessness of the magnetic needle.

Definition 2024

restlessness

restlessness

English

Noun

restlessness ‎(usually uncountable, plural restlessnesses)

The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
She sat and fidgeted out of restlessness as she waited.

Related terms

Translations

state or condition of being restless

Chinese:
Mandarin: 焦躁不安 ‎(jiāozào bù'ān)
Danish: rastløshed c
Dutch: rusteloosheid (nl) f
Esperanto: maltrankvileco
Finnish: rauhattomuus (fi), levottomuus (fi)
French: agitation (fr), impatience (fr)
Georgian: მოუსვენრობა ‎(mousvenroba)
German: Ruhelosigkeit f, Unruhe (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: σάλος m ‎(sálos)
Hungarian: nyugtalanság (hu)
Icelandic: órói (is) m, óró f
Irish: luaineacht f
Italian: irrequietudine f, esagitazione f, smania (it) f, irrequietezza (it) f, insofferenza (it) f, inquietudine (it) f

Japanese: 不安心 ‎(ふあんしん, fuanshin)
Latin: inquiētūdō f, turbor m
Manx: neufeaghid m
Norwegian: uro (no) m, f
Polish: niepokój (pl) m, zniecierpliwienie n, wzburzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: inquietação (pt) f, inquietude (pt) f
Romanian: neastâmpăr (ro) n, nerăbdare (ro) f, înfrigurare (ro) f, neliniște (ro) f, agitație (ro) f
Russian: беспоко́йность (ru) f ‎(bespokójnostʹ), беспоко́йство (ru) n ‎(bespokójstvo)
Scots: wanrest
Serbo-Croatian: nespokoj (sh) m

Cyrillic: не̏мӣр m

Roman: nȅmīr (sh) m
Spanish: agitación (es) f, desasosiego (es) m, desazón (es) f, inquietud (es) f
Swedish: rastlöshet (sv) c
Turkish: huzursuzluk (tr)

References

restlessness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911