Definition of restlessness in English:
restlessness
noun ˈrɛstləsnəsˈrɛs(t)ləsnəs
mass nounThe inability to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.
a feeling of restlessness was making it difficult to concentrate
her husband's nocturnal restlessness
Example sentencesExamples
- He sees through her queenly behaviour to the restlessness in her heart.
- Home is no longer where people come to rest but the motion created by their restlessness.
- From the beginning, with a masterful simplicity, these films have been ruled by an air of restlessness.
- He explored the realities of urban life with a critical intelligence and a Faulknerian restlessness unmatched by any of his contemporaries.
- His choices of dancers and choreographers reflect youthful athleticism, dynamic restlessness, independence, and innovation.
- She hovers beside me with the restlessness of the young.
- Her dual or multiple personality is plagued by psychic restlessness.
- Life in the mountains and the deserts catered to his restlessness.
- Despite her restlessness, she managed to get very good grades.
- In her novel, what abides is dissatisfaction, restlessness, the hungry tapeworm of individual will.
Definition of restlessness in US English:
restlessness
nounˈres(t)ləsnəsˈrɛs(t)ləsnəs
The inability to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.
a feeling of restlessness was making it difficult to concentrate
her husband's nocturnal restlessness
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite her restlessness, she managed to get very good grades.
- He explored the realities of urban life with a critical intelligence and a Faulknerian restlessness unmatched by any of his contemporaries.
- Home is no longer where people come to rest but the motion created by their restlessness.
- In her novel, what abides is dissatisfaction, restlessness, the hungry tapeworm of individual will.
- His choices of dancers and choreographers reflect youthful athleticism, dynamic restlessness, independence, and innovation.
- He sees through her queenly behaviour to the restlessness in her heart.
- Her dual or multiple personality is plagued by psychic restlessness.
- She hovers beside me with the restlessness of the young.
- Life in the mountains and the deserts catered to his restlessness.
- From the beginning, with a masterful simplicity, these films have been ruled by an air of restlessness.