restive
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- being in a tense state
- impatient especially under restriction or delay
- "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
Adj
- Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
- Resistant to control; stubborn.
- Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
Origin / Etymology
Modification of earlier restiff, from Middle English restyf, from Old French restif, from rester (“stay, remain”), from Latin restō.
* Shares an etymology with rest ("remain," obsolete)
*Merriam-Webster states that this word was originally used to describe horses that disobeyed commands. Presumably, then, the word came to mean "fidgety" or "anxious" more broadly.
Synonyms
anxious, balky, champing at the bit, disobedient, edgy, fidgety, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restless, uncooperative, uneasy, unruly, uptight
Scrabble Score: 10
restive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordrestive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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