restive

Uneasily impatient or hard to control under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay.

Characterized by impatience or an absence of calm; unsettled.

Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal.

Unwilling to go or to move forward; stopping; balky; obstinate; stubborn. Compare def. 5.

Not easily moved or worked; stiff.

Being at rest; being less in motion.

Impatient under restraint or opposition; recalcitrant.

Refusing to rest or stand still; restless: said especially of horses.

Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.