be+restive
21restive — 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… …
22restive — 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) …
23restive — 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 …
24restive — adjective Etymology: Middle English restyf, from Anglo French restif, from rester to stop, resist, remain Date: 15th century 1. stubbornly resisting control ; balky 2. marked by impatience or uneasiness ; fidgety Synonyms: see contrary •… …
25restive — Synonyms and related words: antsy, antsy pantsy, anxious, apathetic, backward, balking, balky, beefing, bellyaching, beyond control, bigoted, bitching, breachy, breathless, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case hardened, chafing, complaining …
26restive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. nervous, skittish, balky; refractory, disobedient, unruly; uneasy, impatient; restless. See agitation, disobedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Restless] Syn. unsettled, impatient, fidgety; see… …
27restive — see REST …
28restive — res·tive || restɪv adj. nervous, uneasy, restless; stubborn, uncontrollable …
29restive — adjective 1》 unable to keep still or silent; restless. 2》 (of a horse) stubbornly standing still or moving backwards or sideways. Derivatives restively adverb restiveness noun Origin C16: from OFr. restif, ive, from L. restare remain …
30restive — a. 1. Stubborn, mulish, restiff, obstinate, stopping, unwilling. 2. Uneasy, impatient, restless, ill at ease, unquiet, recalcitrant …
