His restlessness gave her a hint that something was wrong.
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Restlessness
/ˈɹɛstləsnəs/
Synonyms for "restlessness" (235 found)
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divine discontentdynamicseagernessebullitioneccentricityembroilmentenvyerraticismexcitementfaustianismfeery-faryfermentfermentationfeverfeverishnessficklenessfidgetinessfidgetsfitflap
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flightinessflurryflusterflutterflutterationflutterinessfomentfreakishnessfretfulnessfrettingfumefussfussinessgoinghasteheavinghubbubhullabaloohurly burlyhurly-burlyill humorill-humorimpatienceimpatientnessimpetuousnessimpulsivenessinconsistencyinconstancyinquietudeinsomniainsomniacinsomnolenceinsomnolencyinstabilityirregularityjittersjumpinesskinematicskinesipathykinesiskinesitherapykinetics
Noun(9 words)
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latherlidless vigilmaelstrommalaisemercurialitymobilizationmoilmoodinessmotionmotivationmovemovementmovingnervinessnervositynervousnesspalpitationpantingpeevishnessperturbation
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petulancepitapatpitter patterpitter-patterpotherquakingquaverquaveringquerulousnessquiverquiveringrebelliousnessresentmentrestivenessroilroutrowrunningscrambleseetheseethingsentienceshakesshakingshiftinessshivershiversshuddersleeplessnesssournessspasmspurtstewstirstirringsulkinesssweatswirltense readinessthrobthrobbingto doto-dotossing and turningtrembletremblingtremortrepidationtrepiditytumulttumultuationturbidityturbulenceturmoiltwitteruncertaintyundependabilityuneaseuneasinessunfixednessunfulfillmentunhappinessunpatientnessunpleasureunpredictabilityunquietunquietnessunreliabilityunrestunsatisfactionunsettlednessunstablenessunsteadfastnessunsteadinessupsetvariabilityvariationvarietyvelocityvexation of spiritvigilvortexwakewakefulnesswantonnesswaywardnesswhimsicalitywhirl
Noun(9 words)
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15 entriesagitationambitionannoyancebehavioral statebotherationclassroom behaviordesireemotional stateirritationmental statemobilitynervousnessstatestudent behaviorvexation
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesemotional restlessnessmild restlessnessperiod of restlessnesspervasive restlessnessrestlessness during testsrestlessness in class
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2 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
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.
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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.
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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.
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