Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle['a]s.]

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. (Zo["o]l.) See Grinder, 3.

Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- Rest"less*ly, adv.- Rest"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)