Rest″less, a. [AS. restleás.] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. Chaucer. “Restless revolution day by day.” Milton.
2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. “Restless at home, and ever prone to range.” Dryden.
3. Deprived of rest or sleep.
Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.
4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper.
Restless thrush. (Zoöl.) See Grinder, 3.
Syn. — Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering.
— Rest″less‐ly, adv.- Rest″less‐ness, n.