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11restive — [res′tiv] adj. [ME restyfe < OFr restif < rester: see REST2] 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 SYN. CONTRARY… …
12restive, restless — These related words have a common Latin base, a term meaning to remain standing. A restive person or animal is unable to remain at rest (that is, quiet) because he cannot bear restraint or control and becomes impatient with delay: When tied to a… …
13restive — [[t]re̱stɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you are restive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied. [FORMAL] The audience grew restive. ...restive national minorities. Derived words: restiveness N UNCOUNT There were signs of restiveness among the younger… …
14restive — 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 …
15restive — 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 …
16restive — 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 …
17restive — 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… …
18restive — See restive, restless …
19restive — 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 …
20restive — 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 …
