Restive

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
  • adjective. Resistant of control; stubborn.
  • adjective. Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. being in a tense state
  • adjective. impatient especially under restriction or delay
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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    impatient  tense  
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