Thesaurus / restlessness
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He also had a reformist streak, reflecting a deep-seated restlessness and dissatisfaction with the status quo that was manifest through the rest of his life.
DONALD H. RUMSFELD, INFLUENTIAL BUT CONTROVERSIAL BUSH DEFENSE SECRETARY, DIES AT 88BRADLEY GRAHAMJUNE 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe 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 POSTA 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 POSTIf 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-SCIENCEThe same fierce restlessness which took possession of him at San Pasquale again showed itself in his every act.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONBut a horrible thing that had happened to him, had awakened in him a lonely nightmare of restlessness.
THE MAN FROM TIMEFRANK BELKNAP LONGThis reasoning seemed to calm him; but the restlessness of doubt soon returned, pricking like thorns.
URANIACAMILLE FLAMMARIONAt times there is a development of tuberculosis that proves fatal, because of the restlessness of the individual.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYAny lurking danger of too great speculative restlessness disappeared.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDYet, at the bottom, he became conscious of a growing restlessness, of an inability to enjoy what he had won.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONWORDS RELATED TO RESTLESSNESS
- agitation
- alarm
- angst
- anxiety
- apprehension
- compunction
- constraint
- disbelief
- discomfort
- discontent
- displeasure
- disquiet
- disquietude
- doubt
- dread
- dyspathy
- dysphoria
- embarrassment
- fear
- inquietude
- instability
- malaise
- misgiving
- nervousness
- penitence
- perturbation
- qualm
- queasiness
- remorse
- restlessness
- scruple
- trouble
- uncertainty
- unrest
- worry
- altercation
- anarchy
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bickering
- bother
- chagrin
- change
- confusion
- contention
- controversy
- crisis
- debate
- disaffection
- discontent
- discord
- disease
- disquiet
- dissatisfaction
- dissension
- distress
- dither
- ennui
- grief
- insurrection
- irritation
- malaise
- moodiness
- mortification
- perplexity
- perturbation
- protest
- quarrel
- rebellion
- restlessness
- sedition
- sorrow
- strife
- tension
- tizzy
- trouble
- tumult
- turmoil
- unease
- uneasiness
- uproar
- upset
- vexation
- worry
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- instability
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- ricketiness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
- wobbliness
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- instability
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- ricketiness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
- wobbliness
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecureness
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
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