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restive
adjective
1 restive
Being in a tense state.
synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight.
Roget 603:
unwilling;
not in the vein,
loth,
loath,
shy of,
disinclined,
indisposed,
averse,
reluctant,
not content;
adverse
etc.
(opposed)
708;
laggard,
backward,
remiss,
slack,
slow to;
indifferent
etc.
866;
scrupulous;
squeamish
etc.
(fastidious)
868;
repugnant
etc.
(dislike)
867;
restiff†,
restive;
demurring
etc.
v.;
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764;
involuntary
etc.
601.
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Roget 606:
obstinate,
tenacious,
stubborn,
obdurate,
casehardened;
inflexible
etc.
(hard)
323;
balky;
immovable,
unshakable,
not to be moved;
inert
etc.
172;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
inexorable
etc.
(determined)
604;
mulish,
obstinate as a mule,
pig-headed.
dogged;
sullen,
sulky;
unmoved,
uninfluenced unaffected.
willful,
self-willed,
perverse;
resty†,
restive,
restiff†;
pervicacious†,
wayward,
refractory,
unruly;
heady,
headstrong;
entete [Fr.];
contumacious;
crossgrained†.
arbitrary,
dogmatic,
positive,
bigoted;
prejudiced
etc.
481;
creed-bound;
prepossessed,
infatuated;
stiff-backed,
stiff necked,
stiff hearted;
hard-mouthed,
hidebound;
unyielding;
impervious,
impracticable,
inpersuasible†;
unpersuadable;
intractable,
untractable†;
incorrigible,
deaf to advice,
impervious to reason;
crotchety
etc.
608.
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Roget 742:
disobedient;
uncomplying,
uncompliant;
unsubmissive†,
unruly,
ungovernable;
breachy†,
insubordinate,
impatient of control,
incorrigible;
restiff†,
restive;
refractory,
contumacious,
recusant
etc.
(refuse)
764;
recalcitrant;
resisting
etc.
719;
lawless,
mutinous,
seditions,
insurgent,
riotous.
unobeyed†;
unbidden.
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Roget 764:
refusing
etc.
v.;
restive,
restiff†;
recusant;
uncomplying,
unconsenting;
not willing to hear of,
deaf to.
refused
etc.
v.;
ungranted,
out of the question,
not to be thought of,
impossible.
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Roget 901a:
sullen,
sulky;
ill-tempered,
ill-humored,
ill-affected,
ill-disposed;
grouty [U.S.];
in an ill temper,
in a bad temper,
in a shocking temper,
in an ill humor,
in a bad humor,
in a shocking humor;
out of temper,
out of humor;
knaggy†,
torvous†,
crusty,
crabbed;
sour,
sour as a crab;
surly
etc.
(discourteous)
895.
moody;
spleenish†,
spleenly†;
splenetic,
cankered.
cross,
crossgrained†;
perverse,
wayward,
humorsome†;
restiff†,
restive;
cantankerous,
intractable,
exceptious†,
sinistrous†,
deaf to reason,
unaccommodating,
rusty,
froward;
cussed [U.S.].
dogged
etc.
(stubborn)
606.
grumpy,
glum,
grim,
grum†,
morose,
frumpish;
in the sulks
etc.
n.;
out of sorts;
scowling,
glowering,
growling;
grouchy.
peevish
etc.
(irascible)
901.
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2 restive
Impatient especially under restriction or delay.
Moby thesaurus: antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, apathetic, backward, balking, balky, beefing, bellyaching, beyond control, bigoted, bitching, breachy, breathless, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, chafing, complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, cross-grained, defiant, dilatory, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, dogged, dogmatic, eager, edgy, envious, excited, fanatic, faultfinding, fidgety, fluttery, fractious, fretful, fretting, froward, fussy, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grudging, grumbling, hardheaded, hasty, headstrong, hopped-up, impatient, impatient of control, impetuous, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, incorrigible, indifferent, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, intolerant, intractable, irrepressible, laggard, loath, malcontent, malcontented, mulish, murmuring, muttering, nervy, obstinate, obstreperous, on edge, opinionated, ornery, out of hand, out of humor, overzealous, peevish, perfunctory, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, petulant, pigheaded, querulant, querulous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, resentful, resistant, resisting, restless, self-willed, set, shrewish, slow, slow to, squirming, squirmy, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, tense, unaccepting, unaccommodating, unbiddable, uncontrollable, uncooperative, uneasy, unenthusiastic, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified, unhappy, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unpatient, unquiet, unregenerate, unrestful, unruly, unsatisfied, unsettled, unsubmissive, unzealous, uptight, wayward, whiny, wild, willful, wrongheaded ... show more.
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