Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: restiveness
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɛstɪvnəs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: skittishness, restiveness
    Meaning: characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
  • Synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness
    Meaning: the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
Usage examples
  • The Spanish name, desemboltura, partly expresseth them; when there be not stonds nor restiveness in a man's nature; but that the wheels of his mind, keep way with the wheels of his fortune.