Adjective: restive res-tiv
- Impatient especially under restriction or delay
"the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
- Being in a tense state
"The horse became restive before the storm";
- edgy, high-strung, highly strung [Brit], jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight [informal], high-keyed, squirrelly [N. Amer, informal]