English-Thai Dictionary

restive

ADJ ซึ่ง ดื้อรั้น  ซึ่ง ควบคุม ไม่ได้  หัวแข็ง  obstinate stubborn calm serene sueng-due-ran

 

restively

ADV อย่าง ดื้อรั้น  อย่าง ควบคุม ไม่ได้  yang-due-ran

 

restiveness

N ความ ดื้อรั้น  ความ หัวแข็ง  uneasiness yang-due-ran

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESTIVE, RESTIVENESS

[See Restif. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESTIVE

Rest "ive (rst "v ), a. Etym: [OF. restif, F. rétif, fr. L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest remainder, and cf. Restiff. ].

 

Defn: Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. E. Philips (1658 ).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.

 

2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.

 

4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses. Trench. -- Rest "ive, adv. -- Rest "ive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

restive

res tive |ˈrestiv ˈrɛstɪv | ▶adjective (of a person ) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, esp. because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom. • (of a horse ) refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backward or sideways. DERIVATIVES res tive ly adverb, res tive ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Old French restif, -ive, from Latin restare ‘remain. ’ The original sense, ‘inclined to remain still, inert, ’ has undergone a reversal; the association with the refractory movements of a horse gave rise to the current sense ‘fidgety, restless. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

restive

rest |ive |ˈrɛstɪv | ▶adjective (of a person ) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of boredom or dissatisfaction. • (of a horse ) stubbornly standing still or moving backwards or sideways; refusing to advance. DERIVATIVES restively adverb, restiveness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Old French restif, -ive, from Latin restare ‘remain ’. The original sense, ‘inclined to remain still ’, has undergone a reversal; the association with the refractory movements of a horse gave rise to the current sense ‘restless ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

restive

restive adjective 1 Edward is getting restive. See restless (sense 1 ). 2 the militants are increasingly restive: unruly, disorderly, uncontrollable, unmanageable, willful, recalcitrant, insubordinate; formal refractory; archaic contumacious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

restive

restive adjective 1 I haven't done anything about supper —Edward will be getting restive: restless, fidgety, edgy, on edge, tense, uneasy, ill at ease, worked up, nervous, agitated, anxious, on tenterhooks, keyed up, apprehensive, unquiet, impatient; Brit. nervy; informal jumpy, jittery, twitchy, uptight, wired, like a cat on a hot tin roof; Brit. informal like a cat on hot bricks. ANTONYMS calm. 2 the militants are increasingly restive: unruly, disorderly, out of control, uncontrollable, unmanageable, ungovernable, unbiddable, disobedient, defiant, up in arms, wilful, recalcitrant, refractory, insubordinate, disaffected, dissentious, riotous; rebellious, mutinous, seditious, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, revolutionary; Brit. informal bolshie; archaic contumacious. ANTONYMS biddable, peaceable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

restive

res tive /réstɪv /形容詞 1 そわそわした, 落ち着かない (restless ).2 〈馬が 〉前進したがらない, 扱いにくい, 御しがたい .3 〈人が 〉強情な, 反抗的な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞