restlessadjective
uk/ˈrest.ləs/us/ˈrest.ləs/C1 unwilling or unable to stay still or to be quiet and calm, because you are worried or bored:
He's a restless type - he never stays in one country for long.
She spent a restless night (= she did not sleep well), tossing and turning.
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
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Bore and bored
restlessly
adverb uk/ˈrest.ləs.li/us/ˈrest.ləs.li/
She shifted restlessly in her chair.
restlessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈrest.ləs.nəs/us/ˈrest.ləs.nəs/