UNRESTFUL Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

unrestful

adjective

ˌən-ˈrest-fəl

Definition of unrestful

as in restless

lacking or denying rest spent an unrestful night worrying about her children

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Recent Examples of unrestful In the first, the unrestful specter of a witch hanged ages ago terrorizes the teens of Shadyside during the heyday of plaid flannels tied around the waist, and that’s about as deep as the film’s connection to its era runs. — Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 16 July 2021

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restless

Adjective

The London trio updates the naive humanism of 2000s indie-folk with modern dread and restless experimentation on its ambitious full-length debut.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026
Her book is a panoramic, abundantly detailed history of a century of turmoil and restless migratory movements gravitating around El Paso.

— Julia Preston, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

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