restive

Synonyymisanakirja

restive

kärsimätön, levoton, jännittynyt, ärtyisä, heikkohermoinen, herkkähermoinen, hermostunut, hyvin hermostunut, kireä.

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restive rimmaa näiden kanssa:

taive, nilkkataive, polvitaive, kyynärtaive, nivustaive, viive, jive, live, toive, voitontoive...

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Englannin sanakirja

restive englanniksi

1. impatient Impatient under delay, duress, or control.

2. 1914, w:Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker, "Dracula's Guest" in w:Draculas Guest and Other Weird Stories|Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories'':

The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.

3. (RQ:Wodehouse Offing)

4. resistant Resistant to control; stubborn.

5. (RQ:Swift Gulliver)

Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful.

6. Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.

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