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restiveness

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res·tive  (rstv)
adj.
1. Uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay.
2. Resisting control; difficult to control.
3. Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal.

[Middle English restif, stationary, from Old French, from rester, to remain, from Latin restre, to keep back : re-, re- + stre, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

restive·ly adv.
restive·ness n.
Usage Note: Restive is properly applied to a feeling of impatience or uneasiness induced by external coercion or restriction, and is not a general synonym for restless: The government has done nothing to ease export restrictions, and domestic manufacturers are growing restive (not restless). The atmosphere in the office was congenial, but after five years I began to grow restless (not restive).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.restiveness - the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
2.restiveness - characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
nervousness - a sensitive or highly strung temperament
Translations
restiveness [ˈrestɪvnɪs] N [of person] → inquietud f, malestar m; [of horse] → nerviosismo m, inquietud f
restiveness
n
(of horse, = stubbornness) → störrische Art; (= nervousness)Unruhe f
(= restlessness: of person, manner) → Rastlosigkeit f; (of tribes)Widerspenstigkeit f, → Aufsässigkeit f


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The Spanish name, desemboltura, partly expresseth them; when there be not stonds nor restiveness in a man's nature; but that the wheels of his mind, keep way with the wheels of his fortune.
 
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