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The restive
adjective
Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
Exact(60)
The restive Israeli troops surround them.
The restive north Caucasus republics in the Russian federation are always in the news.
The restive nuns who are planning a field trip to Rome for a bit of dialogue?
The restive Middle East is addressed by both Jane McAdam Freud's sculptures and psychoanalyst Gabrielle Rifkind's paintings.
There still remain the restive provinces.
This sounds ominous for the restive western province of Baluchistan.
Such nostalgia in the restive east is understandable.
The incident triggered a US siege of the restive city.
Mr. Mehsud is from the restive South Waziristan tribal region.
But for many, life in the restive provinces is much as it ever was.
The government said it planned to send more troops to the restive province of Aceh.
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