About The Word Restive
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Restive
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What's The Definition Of Restive?
[adj] impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
[adj] being in a tense state Synonyms | Synonyms for Restive: edgy | highly strung | high-strung | impatient | in suspense(p) | jittery | jumpy | nervy | overstrung | tense | uptight Related Terms | Find terms related to Restive: See Also | Restive In Webster's Dictionary \Rest"ive\ (r?st"?v), a. [OF. restif, F. r['e]tif, fr.
L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See {Rest}
remainder, and cf. {Restiff}.] .
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward;
stubborn; drawing back.
Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going
forward, as some horses do. --E. Philips
(1658).
The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts
which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows
became restive, and went back. --Macaulay.
2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition;
refractory.
4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting
about; -- applied especially to horses. --Trench. --
{Rest"ive}, adv. -- {Rest"ive*ness}, n.
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