restive

adjective3

1. •
   Impatient under delay, duress, or control.

   • The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in. — 1914
2. •
   Resistant to control; stubborn.

   • Yet I am of Opinion, this Defect ariseth chiefly from a perverse, restive Disposition. For they are cunning, malicious, treacherous and revengeful. — 1726
3. •
   Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.