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    restive
    /ˈrɛstɪv/

    adjective

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  2. unwilling to be controlled or be patient: The crowd began to get restive during the long wait for the concert to begin.

  3. To be restive is to be impatient or on edge — it's an edgy state. When you feel like your skin is too tight and your nerves are ready to snap, when you feel ready to explode, you are restive.

  4. The meaning of RESTIVE is stubbornly resisting control : balky. How to use restive in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Restive.

  5. Restive definition: impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.. See examples of RESTIVE used in a sentence.

  6. unwilling to be controlled or be patient: The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin. Synonym. restless. Opposite. calm. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anxious and worried. (all) hot and bothered idiom. aflutter. agitated. angsty. anxious. fretfully. frightened. fuss. get in a sweat idiom. goosey.

  7. a. Uneasily impatient or hard to control under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay: Passengers on board the delayed airliner began to grow restive. b. Characterized by impatience or an absence of calm; unsettled: had a restive feeling that something wasn't quite right. 2. Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal.

  8. unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied. The crowd was growing increasingly restive. The news was relayed to the restive citizens. Word Origin late 16th cent.: from Old French restif, -ive, from Latin restare ‘remain’.

  9. 1. refusing to go forward; balky, as a horse. 2. hard to control; unruly; refractory. 3. nervous or impatient under pressure or restraint; restless; unsettled. SIMILAR WORDS: ˈconˌtrary. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

  10. Aug 30, 2024 · restive (comparative more restive, superlative most restive) Impatient under delay, duress, or control. Synonyms: anxious, champing at the bit, fidgety, restless, uneasy

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