To be restive is to be impatient or on edge it's an edgy state. When you feel like your skin is too tight and your nerves are ready to snap, when you feel ready to explode, you are restive.
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
Adjective S.
impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
Adjective S.
being in a tense state
a.
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward;
stubborn; drawing back.
a.
Inactive; sluggish.
a.
Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition;
refractory.
a.
Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting
about; -- applied especially to horses.
Restive
Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do.
The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and went back.2.
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
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