restful
- adjective
- /ˈrɛstfəl/
- The soft music and dim lights created a restful atmosphere in the room.
- restful sleep
Death was the most restful, peaceful place that I had.
- Death was the most restful, peaceful place that I had.
- The Naked Warrior helps me get restful sleep at night.
- It's a heavenly trio of our sleep heroes for a restful night's sleep.
- And I had the most restful, peaceful night of sleep in recent memory.
- So staying fit, staying healthy, but also being restful.
- But what it also does is set in motion a chain of events that are going to make your sleep less restful.
- It's just like some restful area where there's just like your eye can just it's calm.
- And what I'm hearing now the sort of gestalt of, of the discussion we just had is that that too can promote sleepiness, restful States and quality sleep.
- You know, I would have developed kind of restful habits, like getting drunk, not looking after my body.
- When the apples had grown still again, restful on the ground, I thought to myself that no one could imagine such human loneliness.
Examples
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After your long trip, I just thought dining in private would be more restful.
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Every day, make a quiet, restful place for twenty minutes.
Fiction book (2000) -
But there was something very restful about them.
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Did you have a restful sleep last night?
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- Oh, very restful, very quiet.
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I will turn back around maybe after I have had a restful weekend.
Academic text (1995) -
And I had the most restful, peaceful night of sleep in recent memory.
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I find it very restful because it goes along with my idea of meditation.
Academic text (2006) -
There I live, and there I hear from day to day the low hum of restful life.
Academic text (2002) -
You'll see he'll have a restful night's sleep.
Synonyms
Not feeling pain or physical discomfort
Making you feel calm and comfortable
Calm and peaceful without noise or movement
Calm and peaceful, making you feel relaxed and rested
Making someone feel healthy and strong again
Antonyms
How Restful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Restful comes from rest ('stop, relax') and the ending -ful ('full of'), so something restful is 'full of rest' and helps you feel calm and refreshed.