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restiveness
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restiveness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitation, uprising |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentedness, happiness, peace, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impatience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability, unwillingness to wait |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | control, ease, endurance, forbearance, patience, tolerance, waiting, willingness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constant motion; discontent |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentedness, relaxation, restfulness |
| Main Entry: | turmoil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaos |
| Synonyms: | agitation, ailment, anxiety, anxiousness, bedlam, bustle, commotion, confusion, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dither, ferment, flap, flurry, free-for-all, fuss, hassle*, hectic, hubbub, lather, mix-up, noise, pandemonium, pother, restiveness, restlessness, riot, row, ruckus, stir, strife, to-do, topsy-turvy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, unrest, uproar, violence, whirl |
| Notes: | tumult applies only to people, while turmoil is confusion and agitation for people and things; tumultuous can describe things and people |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, order, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uneasiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disquiet |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anguish, anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, disquietude, edginess, restiveness, restlessness, tumult, turmoil, unease, worry |
| Main Entry: | inquietude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | unease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
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