Word "RESTIVE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
being in a tense state
Synonyms:
edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
impatient especially under restriction or delay
Examples:
the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive

Crossword Clues for RESTIVE

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Uneasy setter's supporting others The Times Cryptic 07 Aug 2025
Uneasy with the others I have (7)
Uneasy at the way I've got to go after the others (7)
The others I have become uneasy (7)
Period of recuperation have is disturbed (7)
The others I have not composed (7)
Uneasy and tense (7)
Fidgety, but I have repose first (7)
Fidgety The Sun Mini 27 Dec 2024
The sleep I have is fitful (7)
Resisting control
Disturbed sleep I have (7)
Sit ever in a nervous state getting fidgety (7)
Those who stand at ease won't be, presumably (7)
Jumpy The Sun Mini 08 Sep 2024
I have gone after the others, being uneasy (7)
Remainder that is divided by five is keyed up (7)
Impatient author's preceded by everyone else The Times Cryptic 16 Aug 2024
Fidgety on balance, I have found (7)
Uneasy or fidgety (7)
Standing, as always, outside, it's fidgety (7)
Uneasy (SEVER IT anagram) (7)
If ever it's confused, it becomes uneasy (7)
It's always held back when fidgety (7)
Fidgety as ever, it's moving about (7)
Rest I've taken when nervous and uneasy
Uneasy as ever about its being returned (7)
Impatient of control
Period of recuperation I have is disturbed (7)
Uneasy, strive unsuccessfully to get hold of a key (7)
Fidgety sleep I have (7)
Remaining group I have contracted is ill at ease (7)
Impatient Republican and I see TV broadcast The Times Cryptic 10 May 2023
Unruly Second Sex recalled in French fantasy? The Guardian Cryptic 15 Mar 2023
Support this writer has to be rebellious? The Times Cryptic 20 Dec 2022
Jumpy The Telegraph Quick 24 Aug 2022
Obstinate compiler has all others going first The Telegraph Toughie 05 Aug 2022
Jittery, uneasy The Telegraph Quick 06 Jul 2022
Unable to sit still, Methuselah has to follow others
This writer has to support others unwilling to accept control? The Times Cryptic 17 Dec 2021
On leave, this writer's becoming unruly
Unable to keep still The Times Concise 05 Feb 2021
Uneasy sleep I have
Fidgety and not totally at ease around 4 The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jun 2020
Uneasy Thomas Joseph 08 Nov 2019
Fidgety New York Times 06 May 2019
After lay-off from acting I have to be uneasy
Fidgety
I have to support others who are nervous
Unruly The New Yorker 15 Oct 2018
On street this person's becoming rebellious
Fidgety Thomas Joseph 18 Nov 2016
Antsy Newsday 07 Oct 2016
Itching for action Universal 13 Aug 2015
Meeting others, the setter's on edge The Times Cryptic 23 Jun 2015
Agitated and always upset about IT's rise
Proffer no Government support at first, appearing uneasy The Telegraph Toughie 29 Jan 2015
Itching for action
Nervous
Edgy
Nervous
Nervous
Uneasy
Unquiet
Unquiet
Antsy
Fidgety
Unquiet
Uneasy
Refractory
Nervous; impatient
Impatient
Fractious
Uneasy under restraint.
Uneasy.
Balky.
Fidgety.
Unruly.
Hard to manage.
Unruly; balky.
Not quiet.
Hurry Harry's nature in "The Deerslayer."
Impatient.
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