restive

restive meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

Examples of restive in a sentence

• Seemed a bit restive, I thought, as if wishing he were elsewhere.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
• But a restive class of Google executives worry that the company is showing cracks.2021 June 21, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Google Executives See Cracks in Their Company’s Success”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
• It’s clear that at least some shareholders had become restive about Zuckerberg’s pursuit of a fatuous virtual-reality fantasy, […]2023 May 13, John Naughton, “A moment’s silence, please, for the death of Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Synonyms of restive

• anxious
• champing at the bit
• fidgety
• restless
• uneasy
• disobedient
• rebellious
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• uncooperative

All synonyms of restive

Forms of restive

Origin of restive

Modification of earlier restiff, from Middle English restyf, from Old French restif, from rester (“to stay, remain”), from Latin restō. * Shares an etymology with rest ("to remain," obsolete) *Merriam-Webster states that this word was originally used to describe horses that disobeyed commands. Presumably, then, the word came to mean fidgety or anxious more broadly.

Words formed from restive

• restively
• restiveness
• unrestive

Words that rhyme with restive

• festive

Questions about restive

What does restive mean?

Restive means impatient under delay, duress, or control.

What is restive in Urdu?

Restive in Urdu is بےچین, سرکش. See Restive meaning in Urdu.

How do you use restive in a sentence?

Seemed a bit restive, I thought, as if wishing he were elsewhere.

What part of speech is restive?

Restive is an adjective.

How do you pronounce restive?

Restive is pronounced /ˈɹɛstɪv/.