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restiveness

/res-tiv/US // ˈrɛs tɪv //UK // (ˈrɛstɪv) //

静止性,安息性,休息,安宁

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
    • : refractory; stubborn.
    • : refusing to go forward; balky: a restive horse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrestlessness

Examples

  • Hindu restiveness over representation of the faith in Western culture has grown over the years.

  • There is a restiveness in human nature that resists compulsion, even to its own manifest advantage.

  • The trained horses, being all together, had shown themselves wonderfully free from restiveness.

  • But the delay in reaching the figure in the gallery produced great restiveness.

  • Lady Cantire (perceiving that the Bishop is showing signs of restiveness).

  • For a long time he had striven to mute Art's musical restiveness.