restive
11restive — adjective a) Impatient under delay, duress, or control. The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in. b) Resistant of control; stubborn. Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive …
12restive — res|tive [ restıv ] adjective someone who is restive is not willing or able to keep still or be patient and is becoming difficult to control, especially because they are bored or dissatisfied: The speeches were dull and the listening crowd became …
13restive — adjective 1) Edward is getting restive See restless 1) 2) the militants are increasingly restive Syn: unruly, disorderly, uncontrollable, unmanageable, willful, recalcitrant, insubordinate; formal refractory; archaic contumacious …
14restive — restively, adv. restiveness, n. /res tiv/, adj. 1. impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy. 2. refractory; stubborn. 3. refusing to go forward; balky: a restive horse. [1375 1425; REST2 + IVE; r. late ME restif… …
15restive — See restive, restless …
16restive — res|tive [ˈrestıv] adj written [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: restif refusing to move , from rester; REST1] dissatisfied or bored with your situation, and impatient for it to change ▪ Communist leaders struggled to rule over increasingly …
17restive — properly means balky or obstinate, refusing to move or budge. A crowd of protesters may grow restive upon the arrival of mounted police, but a person sitting uncomfortably on a hard bench is better described as restless …
18restive — Originally the word meant balky, refusing to move or budge, but through confusion it has come to be used more and more as a synonym for restless. Most dictionaries now recognize both senses, but if the word is to have any special value, it… …
19restive — adjective unable to keep still, especially because you are impatient or bored: The children were becoming restive from sitting at the dinner table so long. restively adverb restiveness noun (U) …
20restive — UK [ˈrestɪv] / US adjective someone who is restive is not willing or able to keep still or be patient and is becoming difficult to control, especially because they are bored or dissatisfied …
