(formal) unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied:
The crowd was growing increasingly restive.
restiveness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is restive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, restive is tagged as adjective.
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