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English
Etymology
From restless + -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛstləsnəs/
- Hyphenation: rest‧less‧ness
Noun
restlessness (usually uncountable, plural restlessnesses)
- The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
She sat and fidgeted out of restlessness as she waited.
Derived terms
Translations
state or condition of being restless
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 焦躁不安 (jiāozào bù'ān)
- Danish: rastløshed c
- Dutch: rusteloosheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: maltrankvileco
- Finnish: rauhattomuus (fi), levottomuus (fi)
- French: agitation (fr), impatience (fr)
- Galician: desacougo m, inquedanza f, estrilo m, teo (gl) m, arelo m, bremanza f, trogo m, trastallamento m
- Georgian: მოუსვენრობა (mousvenroba)
- German: Ruhelosigkeit (de) f, Unruhe (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: σάλος m (sálos)
- Hungarian: nyugtalanság (hu)
- Icelandic: órói (is) m, óró f
- Irish: luaineacht f, anbhuain f
- Italian: irrequietudine f, esagitazione f, smania (it) f, irrequietezza (it) f, insofferenza (it) f, inquietudine (it) f
- Japanese: 不安心 (ふあんしん, fuanshin)
- Latin: inquiētūdō f, turbor m
- Manx: neufeaghid m
- Maori: kowhananga (referring to limbs), tāwhetawhetanga, hikimoketanga
- Norwegian: uro (no) m or f
- Ottoman Turkish: قلق (kalak)
- Polish: niepokój (pl) m, zniecierpliwienie (pl) n, wzburzenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: inquietação (pt) f, inquietude (pt) f
- Romanian: neastâmpăr (ro) n, nerăbdare (ro) f, înfrigurare (ro) f, neliniște (ro) f, agitație (ro) f
- Russian: беспоко́йность (ru) f (bespokójnostʹ), беспоко́йство (ru) n (bespokójstvo)
- Scots: wanrest
- Serbo-Croatian: nespokoj (sh) m
- Cyrillic: не̏мӣр m
- Roman: nȅmīr (sh) m
- Spanish: agitación (es) f, desasosiego (es) m, desazón (es) f, inquietud (es) f
- Swedish: rastlöshet (sv) c
- Turkish: huzursuzluk (tr)
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