Restive
adjective
Losing patience or becoming less willing to stay in one place or wait because of feeling uncomfortable or dissatisfied.
The audience became restive when the performance was delayed by an hour.
Often appears as...
- become restive
- feel restive
adjective
Struggling against control, refusing to move forward or be controlled.
The restive horse refused to jump the obstacle.
Often appears as...
- restive horse
- restive crowd
adjective
Losing patience or becoming less willing to stay in one place or wait because of feeling uncomfortable or dissatisfied.
The audience became restive when the performance was delayed by an hour.
Often appears as...
- become restive
- feel restive
adjective
Struggling against control, refusing to move forward or be controlled.
The restive horse refused to jump the obstacle.
Often appears as...
- restive horse
- restive crowd
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Impatience Signifier
Use 'restive' to describe someone's loss of patience while waiting, indicating a desire for action.
The restive students began to talk among themselves as the lecture was postponed again.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Indicator
'Restive' often reflects a mood of discontent or unease due to delay or dissatisfaction.
Passengers were restive after hours of waiting for the delayed flight.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Discomfort
It can relate to physical discomfort causing one to be unable to stay still or quiet.
The heat made the audience restive as they fanned themselves impatiently.
Pro Tip 1/3Impatience Signifier
Use 'restive' to describe someone's loss of patience while waiting, indicating a desire for action.
The restive students began to talk among themselves as the lecture was postponed again.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Indicator
'Restive' often reflects a mood of discontent or unease due to delay or dissatisfaction.
Passengers were restive after hours of waiting for the delayed flight.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Discomfort
It can relate to physical discomfort causing one to be unable to stay still or quiet.
The heat made the audience restive as they fanned themselves impatiently.
Pro Tip 1/3Impatience Signifier
Use 'restive' to describe someone's loss of patience while waiting, indicating a desire for action.
The restive students began to talk among themselves as the lecture was postponed again.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Indicator
'Restive' often reflects a mood of discontent or unease due to delay or dissatisfaction.
Passengers were restive after hours of waiting for the delayed flight.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Discomfort
It can relate to physical discomfort causing one to be unable to stay still or quiet.
The heat made the audience restive as they fanned themselves impatiently.
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Quote examples
Steve Kornacki
Romney's Obama-era CPAC struggles spoke to a challenge his '12 campaign never overcame: to shore up the GOP's restive conservative base in a way that would allow him to pivot to the middle in pursuit of general election voters.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.
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Rose Schneiderman
Polish Activist
Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
In 1983, most Nicaraguans had still not fallen to the depths of deprivation and despair which they would reach in later years, but many were already unhappy and restive.
Quote examples
Steve Kornacki
Romney's Obama-era CPAC struggles spoke to a challenge his '12 campaign never overcame: to shore up the GOP's restive conservative base in a way that would allow him to pivot to the middle in pursuit of general election voters.
Quote examples
Ron Fournier
American Journalist
A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.
Quote examples
Rose Schneiderman
Polish Activist
Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.
Quote examples
Stephen Kinzer
American Author
In 1983, most Nicaraguans had still not fallen to the depths of deprivation and despair which they would reach in later years, but many were already unhappy and restive.
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