restiveadjective
uk/ˈres.tɪv/us/ˈres.tɪv/formalunwilling to be controlled or be patient:
The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restless
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restively
adverb uk/ˈres.tɪv.li/us/ˈres.tɪv.li/
restiveness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈres.tɪv.nəs/us/ˈres.tɪv.nəs/