OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21678

restive

/ˈɹɛstɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
impaciente
Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
[...] news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever.
recalcitrante • terco
Resistant to control; stubborn.