Definition of "restive" []

• Uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay. (adjective)
• Resisting control; difficult to control. (adjective)
• Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal. (adjective)

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• "Hamedan, 200 miles (340 kilometers) west of Tehran, is not known as a restive area, but it is close to Kurdish area of Iran that has witnessed occasional clashes between Kurdish rebels and security forces over the past years."
• "She came into the club room one evening in time to hear the president call the restive members to order with the statement, "You might just as well keep quiet for she is bound to finish it, and the quicker she gets to reading, the longer time we'll have for dancing.""
• "But if we found wickedness in it -- vice, as we rightly call it -- if it became restive, that is, rebellious and self-willed, then we should punish it indeed."