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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024res•tive /ˈrɛstɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - unwilling to undergo control or delay;
uneasy. - uncooperative;
stubborn.
res•tive•ly, adv. res•tive•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024res•tive (res′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons;
restless;
uneasy. - refractory;
stubborn. - refusing to go forward;
balky:a restive horse.
- Old French: inert
- 1375–1425; rest2 + -ive; replacing late Middle English restif stationary, balking
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nervous, unquiet.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged recalcitrant, disobedient, obstinate.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged patient, quiet.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obedient, tractable.
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