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restive
[ res-tiv ]
adjective
- impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- refractory; stubborn.
Synonyms: obstinate, disobedient, recalcitrant
- refusing to go forward; balky:
a restive horse.
restive
/ ˈrɛstɪv /
adjective
- restless, nervous, or uneasy
- impatient of control or authority
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Derived Forms
- ˈrestiveness, noun
- ˈrestively, adverb
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Other Words From
- restive·ly adverb
- restive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of restive1
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Example Sentences
The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.
The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province.
The great exception, of course, was Ireland, its most restive component.
On Friday, the restive Ukrainian parliament, now dominated by her political allies, voted to free her.
Levinson pointed to the the SInai Peninsula, the restive swath of desert that links Israel to Egypt.
A handsome soldier on a restive bay mare came next, and behind him a huge touring car with a pompous black chauffeur.
Long grass bordered the road on either side, and Barrington's horse suddenly shied and became restive.
Even the platform supporters grew restive unconsciously, and stirred and coughed.
Whatever court he went to (and he was often obliged to go to restive and refractory ones) he brought them into his measures.
But sometimes, as now, she was restive under his too close scrutiny.
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