restive 音标拼音: [r'ɛstɪv]
a . 不愿向前走的,倔强的,难驾御的
不愿向前走的,倔强的,难驾御的
restive adj 1 :
being in a tense state [
synonym : {
edgy }, {
high -
strung },
{
highly strung }, {
jittery }, {
jumpy }, {
nervy },
{
overstrung }, {
restive }, {
uptight }]
2 :
impatient especially under restriction or delay ; "
the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive "
Restive \
Rest "
ive \ (
r ?
st "?
v ),
a . [
OF .
restif ,
F .
r ['
e ]
tif ,
fr .
L .
restare to stay back ,
withstand ,
resist .
See {
Rest }
remainder ,
and cf . {
Restiff }.] .
Unwilling to go on ;
obstinate in refusing to move forward ;
stubborn ;
drawing back .
[
1913 Webster ]
Restive or resty ,
drawing back ,
instead of going forward ,
as some horses do . --
E .
Philips (
1658 ).
[
1913 Webster ]
The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [
Abraham Holmes ]
to the gallows became restive ,
and went back . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Inactive ;
sluggish . [
Obs .] --
Sir T .
Browne .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Impatient under coercion ,
chastisement ,
or opposition ;
refractory .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
Uneasy ;
restless ;
averse to standing still ;
fidgeting about ; --
applied especially to horses . --
Trench .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Rest "
ive },
adv . -- {
Rest "
ive *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "
restive ":
antsy ,
antsy -
pantsy ,
anxious ,
apathetic ,
backward ,
balking ,
balky ,
beefing ,
bellyaching ,
beyond control ,
bigoted ,
bitching ,
breachy ,
breathless ,
bulldogged ,
bulletheaded ,
bullheaded ,
case -
hardened ,
chafing ,
complaining ,
complaintful ,
contumacious ,
crabbing ,
crabby ,
cranky ,
croaking ,
cross -
grained ,
defiant ,
dilatory ,
disappointed ,
discontented ,
disgruntled ,
displeased ,
dissatisfied ,
dogged ,
dogmatic ,
eager ,
edgy ,
envious ,
excited ,
fanatic ,
faultfinding ,
fidgety ,
fluttery ,
fractious ,
fretful ,
fretting ,
froward ,
fussy ,
griping ,
grouchy ,
grousing ,
growling ,
grudging ,
grumbling ,
hardheaded ,
hasty ,
headstrong ,
hopped -
up ,
impatient ,
impatient of control ,
impetuous ,
in a lather ,
in a stew ,
in a sweat ,
incorrigible ,
indifferent ,
indocile ,
indomitable ,
insuppressible ,
intolerant ,
intractable ,
irrepressible ,
laggard ,
loath ,
malcontent ,
malcontented ,
mulish ,
murmuring ,
muttering ,
nervy ,
obstinate ,
obstreperous ,
on edge ,
opinionated ,
ornery ,
out of hand ,
out of humor ,
overzealous ,
peevish ,
perfunctory ,
persevering ,
pertinacious ,
perverse ,
petulant ,
pigheaded ,
querulant ,
querulous ,
rebellious ,
recalcitrant ,
refractory ,
reluctant ,
renitent ,
resentful ,
resistant ,
resisting ,
restless ,
self -
willed ,
set ,
shrewish ,
slow ,
slow to ,
squirming ,
squirmy ,
stiff -
necked ,
strong -
willed ,
strongheaded ,
stubborn ,
sulky ,
sullen ,
tenacious ,
tense ,
unaccepting ,
unaccommodating ,
unbiddable ,
uncontrollable ,
uncooperative ,
uneasy ,
unenthusiastic ,
unfulfilled ,
ungovernable ,
ungratified ,
unhappy ,
unmalleable ,
unmanageable ,
unmoldable ,
unpatient ,
unquiet ,
unregenerate ,
unrestful ,
unruly ,
unsatisfied ,
unsettled ,
unsubmissive ,
unzealous ,
uptight ,
wayward ,
whiny ,
wild ,
willful ,
wrongheaded
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