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  Restive \Rest"ive\ (r?st"?v), a. [OF. restif, F. r['e]tif, fr.
     L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest
     remainder, and cf. Restiff.] .
     Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward;
     stubborn; drawing back.
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           Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going
           forward, as some horses do.              --E. Philips
                                                    (1658).
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           The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts
           which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows
           became restive, and went back.           --Macaulay.
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     2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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     3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition;
        refractory.
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     4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting
        about; -- applied especially to horses. --Trench.
        [1913 Webster] -- Rest"ive, adv. -- Rest"ive*ness, n.
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  Restive \Rest"ive\ (r?st"?v), a. [OF. restif, F. r['e]tif, fr.
     L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest
     remainder, and cf. Restiff.] .
     Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward;
     stubborn; drawing back.
  
           Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going
           forward, as some horses do.              --E. Philips
                                                    (1658).
  
           The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts
           which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows
           became restive, and went back.           --Macaulay.
  
     2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
     3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition;
        refractory.
  
     4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting
        about; -- applied especially to horses. --Trench. --
        Rest"ive, adv. -- Rest"ive*ness, n.

  restive
       adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly
              strung, in suspense(p), jittery, jumpy, nervy,
               overstrung, uptight]
       2: impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the
          government has done nothing to ease restrictions and
          manufacturers are growing restive"

  restive
     a.
     impatient under delay, duress, or control.

  restive
     a.
     impatient under delay, duress, or control.

  restive
     a.
     impatient under delay, duress, or control.

  restive
     a.
     impatient under delay, duress, or control.

  restive
     Englanti a.
     1 (''hevosesta'') vikuroiva
     2 rauhaton, levoton, malttamaton

  Restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/
  متململ

  restive //ˈɹɛstɪv// 
  1. нервен, неспокоен
  impatient, under delay, duress, or control.
  2. непокорен, опак
  resistant of control; stubborn

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/ 
  nedočkavý

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/ 
  netrpělivý

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/
  unruhig, kribbelig, kribblig, zappelig, nervös 
     Synonyms: restless, fidgety, edgy, on edge, jittery, antsy
  

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/
  
  νευρικός

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/ 
  1. अड़ियल
        "This is a restive horse."
  2. नियंत्रण~से~बाहर, काबू~से~बाहर
        "Another hour passed in waiting and the crowd grew restive."

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/
  jogunast, neposlušan, nestrpljiv, tvrdoglav

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/
  1. csökönyös
  2. türelmetlen
  3. nyugtalan
  4. ideges

  restive /ˈrestɪv/ 
    niespokojny

  restive /ɹˈɛstɪv/
  1. inatcı
  2. sabırsızlanan, rahat durmaz. restively  sabırsızlanarak. restiveness  sabırsızlık.

  
/ˈɹɛstɪv/

  151 Moby Thesaurus words for "restive":
     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
  
  

  a. 不愿向前走的,倔强的,难驾御的;

     a. 不愿向前走的,倔强的,难驾御的