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restive (143 synonym found)

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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

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

perfunctory

persevering

pertinacious

perverse

petulant

pigheaded

querulant

querulous

rebellious

recalcitrant

refractory

reluctant

renitent

resistant

resisting

restless

self-willed

shrewish

slow

slow to

squirming

squirmy

stiff-necked

strong-willed

strongheaded

sulky

sullen

tenacious

unaccepting

unaccommodating

unbiddable

uncontrollable

uncooperative

uneasy

unenthusiastic

unfulfilled

ungovernable

ungratified

unhappy

unmalleable

unmanageable

unmoldable

unpatient

unquiet

unregenerate

unrestful

unruly

unsatisfied

unsettled

unsubmissive

unzealous

wayward

wild

willful

wrongheaded

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Definition of restive:

(adj) : impatient under duress or control; resistant of control; stubborn

(v) : acting in a restive manner

(n) : the state of being restive

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Definition of restive:

(adj) : impatient under duress or control; resistant of control; stubborn

(v) : acting in a restive manner

(n) : the state of being restive

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