See restive on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "resistant of control; stubborn",
"word": "vzdorovitý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "resistant of control; stubborn",
"word": "neposlušný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "resistant of control; stubborn",
"word": "eigengereid, koppig"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "resistant of control; stubborn",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rétif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "resistant of control; stubborn",
"word": "störrisch"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resistant of control; stubborn",
"word": "terco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resistant of control; stubborn",
"word": "recalcitrante"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "refusing to move, especially in a forward direction",
"word": "weerbarstig"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "refusing to move, especially in a forward direction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rétif"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Merriam-Webster"
],
"word": "restive"
}
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