restive
Meaning of 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
he reiterated his determination to hold the restive republics together
late 16th century: from Old French restif, -ive, from Latin restare ‘remain’. The original sense, ‘inclined to remain still’, has undergone a reversal; the association with the refractory movements of a horse gave rise to the current sense ‘restless’.
Information about restive
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of restive
restive
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- restive is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
restive synonyms
Meaning edgy:
edgy, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight
Meaning unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom:
Meaning inclined to fidget; restless or uneasy:
Meaning (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid:
Meaning causing or feeling anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable:
Meaning easily agitated or alarmed:
Meaning feeling or appearing troubled or nervous:
Meaning feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:
Meaning anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen:
Meaning unable to be still; restless:
Meaning restlessly eager:
Meaning nervous; anxious:
Meaning making use of computers to transfer or receive information, especially by means of the internet:
Meaning disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control:
Meaning lacking organization; untidy:
Meaning not controllable:
Meaning difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control:
Meaning impossible to control or govern:
Meaning not easily controlled; unruly or disobedient:
Meaning refusing to obey rules or someone in authority:
Meaning showing defiance:
Meaning (of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate:
Meaning having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline:
Meaning stubborn or unmanageable:
Meaning defiant of authority; disobedient to orders:
Meaning dissatisfied, especially with people in authority or a system of control:
Meaning characterized by or expressing disagreement; quarrelsome:
Meaning marked by or involving public disorder:
Meaning showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:
Meaning (of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority:
Meaning inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch:
Meaning rising in active revolt:
Meaning involving or causing a complete or dramatic change:
Meaning (of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative:
Meaning (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority:
restive antonyms
Meaning not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions:
Meaning meekly ready to accept and follow instructions:
Meaning inclined to avoid conflict or dissent:
Translation of restive
Anagrams of restive
Servite, sertive, servite, Sievert, sievert, stiever, veriest, verites
Words that rhyme with restive
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