RESTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restiveness mean? 

• RESTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun RESTIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters

2. characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright

  Familiarity information: RESTIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

jitteriness; jumpiness; nervousness; restiveness

Hypernyms ("restiveness" is a kind of...):

anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)

Derivation:

restive (being in a tense state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

restiveness; skittishness

Hypernyms ("restiveness" is a kind of...):

nervousness (a sensitive or highly strung temperament)

Derivation:

restive (being in a tense state)