Restlessness

//ˈɹɛstləsnəs//

Synonyms for "restlessness" (218 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (65)

Related words (109)

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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

2 entries

causes desire

5 entries

derived

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derived from

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is a

4 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

63 translations across 30 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σάλος noun (state or condition of being restless)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 焦躁不安 noun (state or condition of being restless)

Danish

1 entries
  • rastløshed noun (state or condition of being restless)

Dutch

1 entries
  • rusteloosheid noun (state or condition of being restless)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • maltrankvileco noun (state or condition of being restless)

Finnish

2 entries
  • levottomuus noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • rauhattomuus noun (state or condition of being restless)

French

2 entries
  • agitation noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • impatience noun (state or condition of being restless)

Galician

4 entries
  • arelo noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • bremanza noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • desacougo noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • estrilo noun (state or condition of being restless)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოუსვენრობა noun (state or condition of being restless)

German

2 entries
  • Ruhelosigkeit noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • Unruhe noun (state or condition of being restless)

Hindi

1 entries
  • आतुरता noun (state or condition of being restless)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nyugtalanság noun (state or condition of being restless)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • óró noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • órói noun (state or condition of being restless)

Irish

2 entries
  • anbhuain noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • luaineacht noun (state or condition of being restless)

Italian

4 entries
  • esagitazione noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • inquietudine noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • insofferenza noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • irrequietezza noun (state or condition of being restless)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 不安心 noun (state or condition of being restless)

Latin

2 entries
  • inquiētūdō noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • turbor noun (state or condition of being restless)

Manx

1 entries
  • neufeaghid noun (state or condition of being restless)

Māori

3 entries
  • hikimoketanga noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • kowhananga noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • tāwhetawhetanga noun (state or condition of being restless)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • uro noun (state or condition of being restless)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قلق noun (state or condition of being restless)

Polish

3 entries
  • niepokój noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • wzburzenie noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • zniecierpliwienie noun (state or condition of being restless)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • inquietação noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • inquietude noun (state or condition of being restless)

Romanian

4 entries
  • agitație noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • neastâmpăr noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • neliniște noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • nerăbdare noun (state or condition of being restless)

Russian

2 entries
  • беспоко́йность noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • беспоко́йство noun (state or condition of being restless)

Scots

1 entries
  • wanrest noun (state or condition of being restless)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • nespokoj noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • nȅmīr noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • не̏мӣр noun (state or condition of being restless)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agitación noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • desasosiego noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • desazón noun (state or condition of being restless)
  • inquietud noun (state or condition of being restless)

Swedish

1 entries
  • rastlöshet noun (state or condition of being restless)

Turkish

1 entries
  • huzursuzluk noun (state or condition of being restless)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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His restlessness gave her a hint that something was wrong.

Source: tatoeba (934475)

Then they themselves retired to rest, and this was the first night, for a long time past, that they slept soundly: they found that fatigue was the best remedy for the restlessness of love.

Source: tatoeba (6212497)

Instinctively they fly toward the friendly support of some tall weed where, as if feeling more secure on their feet than in the air, they resume their antics, hanging their heads downward, twirling their tails, jumping from one weed to another, and each bird apparently communicating its restlessness to its neighbor, until the whole colony is in a state of ferment.

Source: tatoeba (10963202)

You know how impetuous our friend is ordinarily, what a soul of restlessness and energy, never content unless he is rushing at some object, like a sportive bull at a red shawl; but amiable withal.

Source: tatoeba (11674328)

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