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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   restive

   • IPA[ˈrestiv]

   美式

   • adj.
     (of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom；(of a horse) refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backward or sideways
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom the crowd had been waiting for hours and many were becoming restive he reiterated his determination to hold the restive republics together 同義詞 restless, fidgety, edgy, on edge, tense, ... 更多uneasy, ill at ease, worked up, nervous, agitated, anxious, on tenterhooks, keyed up, apprehensive, unquiet, impatient, nervy, informaljumpy, jittery, twitchy, uptight, wired, like a cat on a hot tin roof, like a cat on hot bricks, stressy, unruly, disorderly, out of control, uncontrollable, unmanageable, ungovernable, unbiddable, disobedient, defiant, up in arms, willful, recalcitrant, refractory, insubordinate, disaffected, dissentious, riotous, rebellious, mutinous, seditious, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, revolutionary, informalbolshie, archaiccontumacious反義詞 calm, biddable, peaceable
   • ▪ (of a horse) refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backward or sideways both their horses became restive at once
3. • 更多解釋

   restive

   • IPA[ˈrɛstɪv]

   英式

   • adj.
     (of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of boredom or ... the crowd had been waiting for hours and many were becoming restive he reiterated his determination to hold the restive republics together

   Oxford Dictionary