Thesaurus / restlessness
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She said she’d noticed that as her brother’s memory loss progressed, he became more restless and could spend hours doing the same tasks repeatedly, often old habits, such as folding towels or arranging bird feeders on the porch.
WHY THIS VIRGINIA MAN SPENT DAYS MAKING AN ALZHEIMER’S ‘BUSY BOX’ FOR A STRANGERCATHY FREENOVEMBER 12, 2020WASHINGTON POST
A restless Virginia resident finds sights that evoke the West within driving distance
IN DELAWARE, A NEW INSTAGRAM-FRIENDLY DRIVING TRAIL SPOTLIGHTS LOCAL ARTISTS AND SITESANDREA SACHSNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POST
If that stress response becomes endless, the bodily effects can wage a mental toll through anxiety, irritability, depression, restlessness or lack of focus.
WHAT MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE LEARNED SIX MONTHS INTO PANDEMIC CAREMARION RENAULTOCTOBER 8, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
The same fierce restlessness which took possession of him at San Pasquale again showed itself in his every act.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
But a horrible thing that had happened to him, had awakened in him a lonely nightmare of restlessness.
THE MAN FROM TIMEFRANK BELKNAP LONG
This reasoning seemed to calm him; but the restlessness of doubt soon returned, pricking like thorns.
URANIACAMILLE FLAMMARION
At times there is a development of tuberculosis that proves fatal, because of the restlessness of the individual.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEY
Any lurking danger of too great speculative restlessness disappeared.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRD
Yet, at the bottom, he became conscious of a growing restlessness, of an inability to enjoy what he had won.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSON
Theodore wandered about the neighborhood with the restlessness of a madman, as though movement might inspire him with some device.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKETHONORE DE BALZAC
WORDS RELATED TO RESTLESSNESS
- agitation
- annoyance
- big scene
- big stink
- bother
- brawl
- brouhaha
- clamor
- confusion
- convulsion
- derangement
- disarrangement
- disorder
- disruption
- distraction
- eruption
- explosion
- ferment
- fisticuffs
- flap
- fracas
- fray
- fuss
- hindrance
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- insurrection
- interruption
- intrusion
- molestation
- perturbation
- quake
- quarrel
- racket
- rampage
- restlessness
- riot
- ruckus
- rumble
- shock
- spasm
- stink
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- tremor
- tumult
- turmoil
- upheaval
- uprising
- uproar
- violence
- ailment
- brouhaha
- clamor
- commotion
- convulsion
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disruption
- disturbance
- excitement
- fever
- flap
- frenzy
- furor
- fuss
- heat
- hell broke loose
- hubbub
- imbroglio
- outcry
- restiveness
- restlessness
- row
- rumble
- scene
- state of unrest
- stew
- stink
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unrest
- upheaval
- uproar
- upturn
- agitation
- anger
- annoyance
- ants in pants
- anxiety
- avidity
- disquietude
- eagerness
- edginess
- excitement
- expectancy
- fretfulness
- haste
- hastiness
- heat
- impetuosity
- intolerance
- irritability
- irritableness
- nervousness
- quick temper
- rashness
- restiveness
- restlessness
- shortness
- snappiness
- suspense
- uneasiness
- vehemence
- violence
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- unsureness
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
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