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restive (143 synonym found)

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loath

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beefing

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excited

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on edge

slow to

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unhappy

unquiet

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backward

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croaking

dilatory

dogmatic

fluttery

fretting

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growling

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perverse

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restless

shrewish

apathetic

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grumbling

hopped-up

impatient

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in a stew

murmuring

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pigheaded

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querulous

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resisting

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tenacious

unpatient

unrestful

unsettled

unzealous

breathless

bulldogged

bullheaded

displeased

hardheaded

headstrong

in a sweat

intolerant

malcontent

rebellious

refractory

unbiddable

unmoldable

bellyaching

complaining

disgruntled

in a lather

indifferent

indomitable

intractable

opinionated

out of hand

overzealous

perfunctory

persevering

self-willed

unaccepting

unfulfilled

ungratified

unmalleable

unsatisfied

wrongheaded

antsy-pantsy

bulletheaded

complaintful

contumacious

disappointed

discontented

dissatisfied

faultfinding

incorrigible

malcontented

obstreperous

out of humor

pertinacious

recalcitrant

stiff-necked

strongheaded

ungovernable

unmanageable

unregenerate

unsubmissive

case-hardened

cross-grained

irrepressible

strong-willed

uncooperative

beyond control

insuppressible

uncontrollable

unenthusiastic

unaccommodating

impatient of control

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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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