restive
Collocations
5ADJ.
calm, demanding, real
VERB + RESTIVE
farms, grew, neighbouring
RESTIVE + NOUN
ceo
PREP.
than
ADV.
ever
Definitions
adj
Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
[...] news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever.
Resistant to control; stubborn.
Yet I am of Opinion, this Defect ariſeth chiefly from a perverſe, reſtive Diſpoſition. For they are cunning, malicious, treacherous and revengeful.
Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
Wiktionary[...] news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever.
Wiktionary“Hullo, Bobbie,” I said. “Hullo, Bertie,” she said. “Hullo, Upjohn,” I said. The correct response to this would have been “Hullo, Wooster”, but he blew up in his lines and merely made a noise like a w
WiktionaryThe politician's unctuous smile failed to calm the restive crowd demanding real answers.
Tatoeba · #13562105The boardroom grew restive when the CEO discussed complex arbitrage strategies no one fully understood.
Tatoeba · #13562117