Antonyms for restiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : res-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛs tɪv |
Definition of restiveness
Origin :- early 15c., restyffe "not moving forward," from Middle French restif "motionless, brought to a standstill" (Modern French rétif), from rester "to remain" (see rest (n.2)). Sense of "unmanageable" (1680s) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward.
- noun restlessness
- Her restiveness is absolutely alluring, and excites all my hunting instinct.
- Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
- He paused, then added, "I think it's just as well to walk off my restiveness if I can."
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
- Its ancestors in the sixteenth were notorious for their restiveness.
- Extract from : « The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century » by Richard Henry Tawney
- In other parts of the city, however, signs of restiveness were visible.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army » by Charles Alexander Gordon
- Lady Cantire (perceiving that the Bishop is showing signs of restiveness).
- Extract from : « Lyre and Lancet » by F. Anstey
- This restiveness and impracticability are principally incident to us in the period of youth.
- Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
- By the restiveness of woman under the tutelage of man may he measure his own short-comings.
- Extract from : « A New Atmosphere » by Gail Hamilton
- It was, however, of another phase of the matter that his present restiveness was born.
- Extract from : « The Tempering » by Charles Neville Buck
- The pallor had vanished from his cheeks and the restiveness from his eyes.
- Extract from : « The House of the Vampire » by George Sylvester Viereck
- These things explain the restiveness of the country, including central as well as southern provinces, under Peking domination.
- Extract from : « China, Japan and the U.S.A. » by John Dewey
Synonyms for restiveness
- activity
- agitation
- ailment
- ants
- antsiness
- anxiety
- bustle
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disturbance
- edginess
- excitability
- ferment
- fitfulness
- fretfulness
- hurry
- inconstancy
- inquietude
- insomnia
- instability
- jitters
- jumpiness
- movement
- nervousness
- transience
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unease
- uneasiness
- unrest
- unsettledness
- worriedness
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