restiveness
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res·tive
(rĕs′tĭv)adj.
1.
a. Uneasily impatient or hard to control under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay: Passengers on board the delayed airliner began to grow restive.
b. Characterized by impatience or an absence of calm; unsettled: had a restive feeling that something wasn't quite right.
2. Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal.
[Middle English restif, stationary, from Old French, from rester, to remain, from Latin restāre, to keep back : re-, re- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
res′tive·ly adv.
res′tive·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | restiveness - the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
2. | restiveness - characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright nervousness - a sensitive or highly strung temperament |
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restiveness
nounAn uneasy or nervous state:
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Translations
تَمَلْمُل، عَدَم إرْتِياح
nervozita
rastløshedutilfredshed
csökönyösség
eirîarleysi
restiveness
[ˈrestɪvnɪs] N [of person] → inquietud f, malestar m; [of horse] → nerviosismo m, inquietud fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
restiveness
n
(= restlessness: of person, manner) → Rastlosigkeit f; (of tribes) → Widerspenstigkeit f, → Aufsässigkeit f
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restive
(ˈrestiv) adjective beginning to show displeasure, impatience, boredom etc eg at delay, discipline etc; restless.
ˈrestively adverbˈrestiveness noun
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