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restive
adjective
(res-tive)
being in a tense state
Synonyms:
edgy
, high-strung, highly strung,
jittery
,
jumpy
,
nervy
,
overstrung
,
uptight
,
restive
adjective
(res-tive)
impatient especially under restriction or delay
Examples:
The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.
Words Related to
restive
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jittery
,
tense
,
impatient
,
jumpy
,
nervous
,
edgy
,
uptight
,
nervy
,
high-strung
,
in suspense
,
overstrung
,
lawless
,
unrest
,
flashpoint
,
rebel
,
restless
,
volatile
,
rebellious
,
troubled
,
embattled
,
unsettled
,
chaotic
,
uneasy
,
unstable
,
tension
,
troublesome
,
turbulent
,
disputed
,
strained
,
firebrand
,
disturbed
,
precarious
,
soured
,
troubling
,
tumultuous
,
bitter
,
tight
,
confused
,
fiery
,
disordered
,
mixed
,
choppy
,
war-torn
,
militant
,
fractious
,
separatist
,
unruly
,
insurgent
,
recalcitrant
,
angry
,
resentful
,
mutinous
,
impoverished
,
restiff
,
discontented
,
southern
,
disaffected
,
fissiparous
,
ungovernable
,
paramilitary
,
tumultuary
,
buraydah
,
secessionist
,
semiautonomous
,
northern
,
eastern
,
northwestern
,
mountainous
,
pushtun
,
populous
,
iracund
,
northeastern
,
hardline
,
unpeaceful
,
disgruntled
,
animist
,
authoritarian
,
pashtun
,
military
,
fragile
,
antsy
,
turcoman
,
militarized
,
beleaguered
,
chechen
,
rampageous
,
remote
,
destabilizing
,
anxious
,
fidgety
,
sadda
,
ethnic
,
bloodiest
,
appeasable
,
southwestern
,
pacifiable
,
yezidi
,
autonomous
,
sunni
,
unappeased
,
restive
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