- adjectiverestive (adjective)
- (of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom:"the crowd had been waiting for hours and many were becoming restive" · "he reiterated his determination to hold the restive republics together"
- (of a horse) refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backward or sideways:"both their horses became restive at once"
Originlate Middle English (as restif): from Old French restif, -ive, from Latin restare ‘remain’. The original sense, ‘inclined to remain still’, has undergone a reversal; the association with the stubborn behavior of a horse gave rise to the current sense ‘restless’.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.restive [ res-tiv ] show ipa See synonyms for restive on Thesaurus.com adjective impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy. refractory; stubborn. refusing to go forward; balky: a restive horse.www.dictionary.com/browse/restiveRestive ultimately comes from the Anglo-French word rester, meaning "to stop, resist, or remain." In its earliest use, restive meant "sluggish" or "inactive," though this sense is no longer in use.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restive
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