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adj
Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: anxious, champing at the bit, fidgety, restless, uneasy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Resistant to control; stubborn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: disobedient, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unruly
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: balky
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
impatient especially under restriction or delay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
being in a tense state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
