restlessness

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Etymology

restless +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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Noun

restlessness (uncountable)

1. 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

• rest
• restlessly

Translations

state or condition of being restless

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焦躁不安 (cmn)

• Danish: rastløshed (da) c
• Dutch: rusteloosheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: maltrankvileco (eo)
• Finnish: rauhattomuus (fi), levottomuus (fi)
• French: agitation (fr), impatience (fr)
• Georgian: მოუსვენრობა (ka) (mousvenroba)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σάλος (salos) m

• Hungarian: nyugtalanság (hu)
• Icelandic: órói (is) m, óró (is) f
• Irish: luaineacht (ga) f
• Italian: irrequietudine (it) f, esagitazione (it) f, smania (it) f, irrequietezza (it) f, insofferenza (it) f, inquietudine (it) f

• Latin: inquiētūdō (la) f, turbor (la) m
• Manx: neufeaghid (gv) m
• Norwegian: uro (no) m and f
• Polish: niepokój, zniecierpliwienie, wzburzenie
• Portuguese: inquietação (pt) f
• Romanian: neastâmpăr (ro) n, nerăbdare (ro) f, înfrigurare (ro) f
• Scots: wanrest
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏мӣр (sh) m

  Roman: nȅmīr (sh) m

• Spanish: agitación (es) f, desasosiego (es) m, desazón (es) f, inquietud (es) f
• Turkish: huzursuzluk (tr)

References

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