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ˈfrɪs kifrisky

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. frisky

    Balky, mulish, obstinate, and stubborn are synonyms of restive only in an infrequent if not obsolete use; the supposed sense of "tending to rest," "standing stubbornly still," is scarcely supported by any examples, and those cited to support that meaning often fail to do so. The disposition to offer active resistance to control by any means whatever is what is commonly indicated by restive in the best English speech and literature. Dryden speaks of "the pampered colt" as "restiff to the rein;" but the rein is not used to propel a horse forward, but to hold him in, and it is against this that he is "restiff." A horse may be made restless by flies or by martial music, but with no refractoriness; the restive animal impatiently resists or struggles to break from control, as by bolting, flinging his rider, or otherwise. With this the metaphorical use of the word agrees, which is always in the sense of such terms as impatient, intractable, rebellious, and the like; a people restive under despotism are not disposed to "rest" under it, but to resist it and fling it off.

    Synonyms:
    balky, fidgety, fractious, fretful, impatient, intractable, mulish, mutinous, obstinate, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, resentful, restiff, restive, restless, skittish, stubborn, unruly, vicious

    Antonyms:
    docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, passive, peaceable, quiet, submissive, tractable, yielding

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. frisky

    Synonyms:
    sportive, playful, wanton

    Antonyms:
    demure, sedate, meditative, pensive

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. kittenish, friskyadjective

    playful like a lively kitten

    Synonyms:
    kittenish

    Antonyms:
    unplayful, serious, sober

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. friskyadjective

    Synonyms:
    gay, lively, playful, sportive, frolicsome, coltish, full of frolic

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  1. friskyadjective

    Synonyms:
    frolicsome, sportive, coltish, playful, gay

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#27965impatient
#33175rebellious
#39191wanton
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#42831intractable
#61633frisky
#65748resentful
#66176obstinate
#70249recalcitrant
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#100787skittish
#101493restive
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#111963fractious
#166645fretful
#183607mutinous
#228084balky

How to use frisky in a sentence?

  1. Henriette Reker:

    We have to explain to people from other cultures that the jolly and frisky attitude during our Carnival is not a sign of sexual openness.


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