restless

Universal Words adjective 1 unable to stay still or be happy where you are, because you are bored or need a change: The audience was becoming restless. * After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel restless. * The children always get restless on long trips. 2 without real rest or sleep: a restless night * He woke from a restless sleep. restlessly adverb: He moved restlessly from one foot to another. restlessness noun [U]: the restlessness of youth