Agitated
Restless
Restless adjective - Lacking or denying rest.
Usage example: the worried mother spent a restless night, tossing and turning in bed for hours
Agitated is a synonym for restless in uneasy topic. You can use "Agitated" instead an adjective "Restless", if it concerns topics such as unsettled, not content.
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Both words in one sentence
- Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust climaxes with a Hollywood movie premiere at which the crowd of star-gawkers gets more and more restless and agitated, and finally explodes into a full-scale riot after a young child actor gets stomped to death.
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