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unrestful

unrestful

5.2
Something that makes it hard to sleep or relax
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈrɛstfəl/
translation icon : inquieto
  • After the argument, I felt unrestful and couldn't relax all night.

Examples

  • We were quiet, but inside us we were unrestful.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • If 300 million people start to become civilly unrestful, do you think they will be a little vengeful?

    Blog text (15)
  • Patients with comorbid conditions may have a tendency to not recognize symptoms of insomnia but rather to blame the coexisting problem for frequent awakenings or unrestful sleep.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The constant noise from the construction site made it impossible to find a moment of unrestful peace.

  • The unrestful atmosphere in the city made everyone anxious and on edge.

Synonyms

troubled
vsunrestful
45 3.8

A time or place with protests and violence

emphasizes causing or marking restlessness rather than merely experiencing it
unruly
vsunrestful
41 4.3

Difficult to control and messy or noisy

is about being restless or disturbed rather than lack of control
turbulent
vsunrestful
34 6.6

Full of confusion and disorder among people, politics, or events

is about restlessness and disturbance rather than prolonged chaos
disorderly
vsunrestful
34 4.4

Behaving badly and not following rules

describes general restlessness and disturbance, not specific rule-breaking
in an uproar
vsunrestful
8 5.3

Very noisy and upset because people are angry or worried

is less about loud agitation and more about general restlessness
unquiet
vsunrestful
2 7.9

Not calm or peaceful, often restless because of worry

is about causing restlessness or disturbance rather than calm
unpeaceful
vsunrestful
6.7

Causing conflict and trouble, often noisy or violent

focuses on causing restlessness and disturbance rather than peace
unpeaceable
vsunrestful
9.1

Likely to cause arguments or fighting

is about restlessness and disturbance rather than a conflict tendency

Antonyms

428 1.0

Calm and quiet, without noise or trouble

27 4.6

Calm and peaceful without noise or movement

How Restful

peaceful
428 1.0
calm
735 1.0
uneasy
98 3.2
unrestful
5.2
restless
110 3.0

Surface Forms

unrestful positive

Morphology

unrestful = restful (transparent) = un + rest + ful

The adjective is formed by negating 'restful' with the productive prefix 'un-', yielding 'not restful' in an obvious way.

Etymology

The word unrestful comes from un- meaning 'not' and restful, which is from rest meaning 'stop and relax' plus -ful meaning 'full of'. So unrestful literally means 'not full of rest', which is why we use it for something that is not peaceful or that makes you feel restless.