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restive(dictionary)

restive (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: restif 'refusing to move', from rester; REST1]
dissatisfied or bored with your situation, and impatient for it to change
::Communist leaders struggled to rule over increasingly restive populations.
-- restively adv
-- restiveness n [U]