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Restive

Restive Meaning & Definition
Restive Definition And Meaning

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

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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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