Associations to the word «Restive»
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Wiktionary
RESTIVE, adjective. Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
RESTIVE, adjective. Resistant of control; stubborn.
RESTIVE, adjective. Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
Dictionary definition
RESTIVE, adjective. Being in a tense state.
RESTIVE, adjective. Impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.