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Restive
ˈrɛstɪv
Restive definitions
adjective
restive
- (of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of boredom or dissatisfaction
"the crowd had been waiting for hours and many were becoming restive"
restless fidgety edgy on edge tense uneasy ill at ease worked up nervous agitated anxious on tenterhooks keyed up apprehensive unquiet impatient unruly disorderly out of control uncontrollable unmanageable ungovernable unbiddable disobedient defiant up in arms wilful recalcitrant refractory insubordinate disaffected dissentious riotous- (of a horse) stubbornly standing still or moving backwards or sideways; refusing to advance
"both their horses became restive at once"