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fractious

/'fr/&/k/S//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a <i>fractious</i> man; a <i>fractious</i> horse.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. stubbornly resistant to authority or control

    adj.all

    Examples
    A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
    Synonyms recalcitrant refractory

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. easily irritated or annoyed

    adj.all

    Examples
    An incorrigibly fractious young man.
    Synonyms cranky irritable nettlesome peckish peevish pettish petulant scratchy techy testy tetchy

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome

    adj.all

    Examples
    Rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas.
    Fractious components of a communication system.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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