İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. inatçı.
2. sabırsızlanan, yerinde duramayan, huzursuz. yerinde duramayan, rahat durmayan, huzursuz, inatçi. inatçı. inatçı. s.
3. sabırsızlanan, yerinde duramayan, huzursuz. kıpır kıpır, yerinde duramayan, huzursuz, sabırsız, inatçı, ayak direyen, gitmemekte direnen.
4. restivelysabırsızlanarak, rahat durmaz, sabırsızlanan, huzursuz, restivenesssabırsızlık; inatcı.
5. yerinde duramayan. rahat durmayan. huzursuz. inatçı.
6. tezcanlı. yerinde duramayan. sabırsızlanan.
7. inatçı.

Etymology : Middle English restyf, from Middle French restif, from rester to stop behind, remain
Pronunciation : 'res-tiv
Function : adjective
Date : 15th century

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1. nervous, uneasy, restless; stubborn, uncontrollable. restive\rest"ive\ (r?st"?v), a. [of. restif, f. rétif, 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. restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. 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.
2. inactive; sluggish. [obs.] t. browne.
3. impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.
4. uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses. -- rest"ive , adv. -- rest"ive*ness , n.restive adj.
5. being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung , in suspense(p) , jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight].
6. impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive".
7. Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
8. Inactive; sluggish.
9. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.
10. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; applied especially to horses. impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive".
11. If you are restive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied. The audience grew restive. + restiveness res·tive·ness There were signs of restiveness among the younger members. dissatisfied or bored with your situation, and impatient for it to change (restif , from rester; REST).