The politician's unctuous smile failed to calm the restive crowd demanding real answers.
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Restive
/ˈɹɛstɪv/
Synonyms for "restive" (180 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
danish rastløs
Strong matches (54)
disgruntleddispleaseddissatisfieddoggeddogmaticeageredgeedgyenviousexcitableexcitedfanaticfanaticalfaultfindingfidgetyflutteryfractiousfretfulfrettingfroward
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fussygripinggrouchygrousinggrowlinggrudginggrumblinghardheadedhastyheadstronghopped uphopped-upimpatientimpatient of controlimpetuousin a latherin a stewin a sweatincorrigibleindifferentindocileindomitableinsuppressibleintolerantintractableirrepressiblelaggard
Adjective(6 words)
Noun(1 words)
german ruhelos
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loathmalcontentmalcontentedmulishmurmuringmutteringnervyobstinateobstreperouson edgeopinionatedorneryout of handout of humoroverzealouspeevishperfunctoryperseveringpertinaciousperverse
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petulantpigheadedquerulantquerulousrebelliousrecalcitrantrefractoryreluctantrenitentresentfulresistantresistingrestlessself-willedsetshrewishskittishslowslow tosquirmingsquirmystiff neckedstiff-neckedstrong willedstrong-willedstrongheadedstubbornsulkysullentenacioustenseunacceptingunaccommodatingunbiddableuncontrollableuncooperativeuneasyunenthusiasticunfulfilledungovernableungovernedungratifiedunhappyunmalleableunmanageableunmoldableunpatientunquietunregenerateunrestfulunrulyunsatisfiedunsettledunsubmissiveuntamableunzealousuptightwaywardwhinywildwillfulwrongheaded
Adjective(8 words)
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6 entriesrestive audiencerestive crowdrestive horserestive populationrestive provincerestive voters
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8 total sentences available.
The boardroom grew restive when the CEO discussed complex arbitrage strategies no one fully understood.
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The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
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[...] news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever.
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