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restiveness:
- Wiktionary:
  restive → rétif
- Synonyms for "restiveness":
  jitteriness; jumpiness; nervousness; anxiety
  skittishness; nervousness
- Synonyms for "restive":
  edgy; high-strung; highly strung; in suspense; jittery; jumpy; nervy; overstrung; uptight; tense
  impatient

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Detailed Translations for restiveness from English to French

restiveness:

Translation Matrix for restiveness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	jitteriness; jumpiness; nervousness; skittishness

Synonyms for "restiveness":

jitteriness; jumpiness; nervousness; anxiety
skittishness; nervousness

Related Definitions for "restiveness":

characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright¹
the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters¹

restive:

Translation Matrix for restive:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	edgy; high-strung; highly strung; jittery; jumpy; nervy; overstrung; uptight
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	refractory

Related Words for "restive":

restiveness, restively, rest

Synonyms for "restive":

edgy; high-strung; highly strung; in suspense; jittery; jumpy; nervy; overstrung; uptight; tense
impatient

Related Definitions for "restive":

impatient especially under restriction or delay¹
- the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive¹
being in a tense state¹

Wiktionary Translations for restive:

restive

adjective

resistant of control; stubborn
- restive → rétif
refusing to move, especially in a forward direction
- restive → rétif

restive

adjective

Qui s’arrête ou qui recule au lieu d’avancer
- rétif → restive
indocile, difficile à conduire, à persuader
- rétif → restive

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University