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RESTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Impatient especially under restriction or delay
Example:
the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive
Classified under:
Similar:
impatient (restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being in a tense state
Synonyms:
edgy; high-strung; highly strung; jittery; jumpy; nervy; overstrung; restive; uptight
Classified under:
Similar:
tense (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)
Derivation:
restiveness (characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright)
restiveness (the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters)
