Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME restif stationary, balking < OF: inert; see rest2, -ive)
Definition of 'restive'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight being in a tense state
2. (adj)restive impatient especially under restriction or delay "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
Definition of 'restive'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)restive unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawingback
2. (adj)restive inactive; sluggish
3. (adj)restive impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory
4. (adj)restive uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses
Definitions of restive 
Afrikaans: rusteloos
Arabic: مُتَمَلْمِل، غَيْر مُرْتا
Bulgarian: непокорен
Brazilian: impaciente
Czech: netrpělivý
German: unruhig
Danish: utilfreds; rastløs
Greek: ανήσυχος, εκνευρισμένος, 
Spanish: inquieto; impaciente
Estonian: kärsitu
Farsi: بی قرار؛ ناتو؛ بد لگام
Finnish: levoton
French: impatient, nerveux
Hebrew: לא שָקֵט
Hindi: अड़ियल, नियंत्रण से बाहर,
Croatian: nepokoran, jogunast
Hungarian: ideges
Indonesian: gelisah
Icelandic: eirðarlaus
Italian: impaziente
Japanese: 落着かない
Korean: 차분하지 못한
Lithuanian: neramus, nepaklusnus
Latvian: nemierīgs; nepacietīgs
Malay: resah, gelisah
Dutch: rusteloos
Norwegian: utålmodig, rastløs, kei
Polish: nerwowy
Persian: بی قرار؛ ناتو؛ بد لگام
Pashto: سركښ، نااّرام ،عصبى
Portuguese: impaciente
Romanian: neastâmpărat, agitat, ner
Russian: нетерпеливый;беспокойный
Slovak: netrpezlivý
Slovenian: nestrpen
Serbian: nemiran
Swedish: rastlös, otålig
Thai: เริ่มแสดงความกระวนกระวาย
Turkish: sabırsız, tez canlı
Taiwanese: 焦躁不安的，不耐煩的
Ukrainian: упертий, норовливий
Urdu: بے قرار
Vietnamese: bồn chồn
Chinese: 焦躁不安的烦躁的，倔强的
