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Restiveness

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Noun

1. jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness

the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters

2. restiveness, skittishness

characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Restiveness

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adjective
1. 
restless, nervous, or uneasy
2. 
impatient of control or authority

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Restiveness

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adjective
1. 
refusing to go forward; balky, as a horse
2. 
hard to control; unruly; refractory
3. 
nervous or impatient under pressure or restraint; restless; unsettled

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Restiveness

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adj.
1.
a. Uneasily impatient or hard to control under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay: Passengers on board the delayed airliner began to grow restive.
b. Characterized by impatience or an absence of calm; unsettled: had a restive feeling that something wasn't quite right.
2. Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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