Restive

Word RESTIVE
Character 7
Hyphenation rest ive
Pronunciations /ˈɹɛstɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Restive"

What do we mean by restive?

Uneasily impatient or hard to control under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay. adjective

Characterized by impatience or an absence of calm; unsettled. adjective

Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal. adjective

Unwilling to go or to move forward; stopping; balky; obstinate; stubborn. Compare def. 5.

Not easily moved or worked; stiff.

Being at rest; being less in motion.

Impatient under restraint or opposition; recalcitrant.

Refusing to rest or stand still; restless: said especially of horses.

Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. adjective

Inactive; sluggish. adjective

Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory. adjective

Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses. adjective

Impatient under delay, duress, or control. adjective

Resistant of control; stubborn. adjective

Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction. adjective

Being in a tense state adjective

Impatient especially under restriction or delay adjective

Impatient under delay, duress, or control.

Resistant to control; stubborn.

Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Restive

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The word "restive" in example sentences

Hamedan, 200 miles (340 kilometers) west of Tehran, is not known as a restive area, but it is close to Kurdish area of Iran that has witnessed occasional clashes between Kurdish rebels and security forces over the past years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She came into the club room one evening in time to hear the president call the restive members to order with the statement, "You might just as well keep quiet for she is bound to finish it, and the quicker she gets to reading, the longer time we'll have for dancing." ❋ Unknown (1910)

But if we found wickedness in it -- vice, as we rightly call it -- if it became restive, that is, rebellious and self-willed, then we should punish it indeed. ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)

A widely circulated tweet from the current uprising, which refers to the restive city of Homs, makes the point: "Homs 2011 = Hama 1982, but slowly, slowly." ❋ Unknown (2012)

Hamedan, 340km west of Tehran, is not known as a restive area, but it is close to Kurdish area of Iran that has witnessed occasional clashes between Kurdish rebels and security forces over the past years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Heavy shelling and bombardment rocked Somalias restive capital Mogadishu on Sunday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people Drag to Playlist ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hamedan, 200 miles west of Tehran, is not known as a restive area, but it is close to a ❋ Unknown (2010)

The New York Times ran an article on Sunday claiming that after a long period of dormancy, the "anti-war" movement was getting "restive" and planned to do some actions in ❋ Unknown (2009)

Military chaplains will reassure the troops of their sacred duty to keep dropping bombs from midnight skies on "restive" Iraqi villages, and never make it public. ❋ Unknown (2005)

12.21.2009 Heavy shelling and bombardment rocked Somalias restive capital Mogadishu on Sunday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people ❋ Unknown (2010)

Far in front of them, moving with a kind of restive energy, was the tall black figure of Miss Brown. ❋ Wentworth, Patricia (1944)

"restive" Urumqi, 479,000 video cameras in Beijing, 500 cameras in Chongding, and an incredible 1 million cameras installed in Guangdong. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Whittington didn't come out again, and by and by I got kind of restive, and began to mouch around. ❋ Agatha Christie (1933)

There are numerous islands in the group, over all of which Raa Kook is king, although the cluster of islands to the south is restive and occasionally in revolt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What he saw reflected there was the exact likeness of one of the pretas, the restive spirits doomed to parch and starve because of their attachments to past lives, his hair white as death and flung out to every point of the compass, his limbs like sticks, his face seared like a hot dog left too long on the grill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

ISTANBUL—Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq late Wednesday, in response to a deadly attack earlier in the day on Turkish soldiers, as a renewed bout of violence in the country's restive southeast appeared to intensify. ❋ Joe Parkinson (2011)

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