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  • 81discontent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Want of satisfaction Nouns 1. discontent, discontentment, displeasure; dissatisfaction, resentment; inquietude, vexation, soreness, heartburning (see dejection); querulousness (see lamentation);… …

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  • 82insomnia — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sleeplessness; wakefulness. See activity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wakefulness, sleeplessness, restlessness, insomnolence, fitfulness, tossing and turning, inability to sleep. III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 83impatience — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Irritability] Syn. fretfulness, hastiness, quick temper; see anger , annoyance 1 . 2. [Restlessness] Syn. eagerness, agitation, disquietude, anxiety; see care 2 , excitement , nervousness 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 84Changeableness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Changeableness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 changeableness changeableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 mutability mutability inconstancy Sgm: N 1 versatility versatility mobility Sgm: N 1 instability instability unstable e …

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  • 85Motion — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Successive change of place. < N PARAG:Motion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 motion motion movement move Sgm: N 1 going going &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 unrest unrest GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 stream …

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  • 86Agitation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Irregular motion. < N PARAG:Agitation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 agitation agitation stir tremor shake ripple jog jolt jar jerk shock succussion trepidation quiver …

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  • 87Excitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of sensitiveness. < N PARAG:Excitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 excitability excitability impetuosity vehemence Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 turbulence turbulence Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 88Akathisia —    , or Inability to remain in a sitting posture.    First description of akathisia (1880). In his Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (Neurasthenia), New York neurologist and electrotherapist George Beard (1839–1883) described as a… …

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  • 89fidgetiness — noun a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion he s got the fidgets waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness • Syn: ↑fidget, ↑restlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fidget (for: ↑ …

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  • 90impatience — noun 1. a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑restlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑impatient • Hypernyms: ↑irritation, ↑annoyance, ↑ …

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