restlessness
rest luhs nuhs
- n the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
the restlessness of the wind - n a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
- n a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness - n inability to rest or relax or be still
- Most movie characters have a need to get somewhere else, but Winslet women usually proceed from an enveloping restlessness, a resentment of the status quo.
- In 1946, after more than a decade of front-line reporting, says Kershaw, "Capa had started to exhibit many of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder: restlessness, heavy .
- Her father, a furniture salesman, had a restlessness that she inherited.