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Restive vs Testy - What's the difference?

restive | testy |

As adjectives the difference between restive and testy

is that restive is impatient under delay, duress, or control while testy is easily annoyed, irritable.

restive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
  • * 1914 , :
    • The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
  • *
  • Resistant of control; stubborn.
  • *
    • Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful.
  • Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.

    • Synonyms

    * (impatient under duress) anxious, champing at the bit, fidgety, restless, uneasy * (resistant of control) disobedient, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unruly * (refusing to move) balky

    Derived terms

    * restively * restiveness

    Anagrams

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    testy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Easily annoyed, irritable.
  • Marked by impatience or ill humor.
    • He made testy remarks.

    Derived terms

    * testily * testiness

    Synonyms

    * touchy * tetchy

    See also

    * heady * teston

    Anagrams

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