restive (adj.)
- antsy
- anxious
- apathetic
- backward
- balking
- balky
- bigoted
- breathless
- bullheaded
- case-hardened
- complaining
- contumacious
- crabby
- cranky
- cross-grained
- defiant
- dilatory
- disappointed
- discontented
- disgruntled
- displeased
- dissatisfied
- dogged
- dogmatic
- eager
- edgy
- envious
- excited
- fanatic
- faultfinding
- fidgety
- fractious
- fretful
- froward
- fussy
- grouchy
- grudging
- grumbling
- hardheaded
- hasty
- headstrong
- hopped-up
- impatient
- impetuous
- incorrigible
- indifferent
- indocile
- indomitable
- intolerant
- intractable
- irrepressible
- laggard
- loath
- malcontent
- mulish
- murmuring
- nervy
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- overzealous
- peevish
- perfunctory
- persevering
- pertinacious
- perverse
- petulant
- pigheaded
- querulous
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- reluctant
- resentful
- resistant
- resisting
- restless
- self-willed
- set
- shrewish
- slow
- stiff-necked
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- sulky
- sullen
- tenacious
- tense
- unaccommodating
- uncontrollable
- uncooperative
- uneasy
- unenthusiastic
- unfulfilled
- ungovernable
- ungratified
- unhappy
- unmalleable
- unmanageable
- unquiet
- unregenerate
- unruly
- unsatisfied
- unsettled
- unsubmissive
- uptight
- wayward
- whiny
- wild
- willful
- wrongheaded