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fractious

adjective

1 fractious

Stubbornly resistant to authority or control:
— A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.

synonyms: recalcitrant, refractory.

2 fractious

Easily irritated or annoyed:
— An incorrigibly fractious young man.

synonyms: cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy ... show more.

Roget 901: irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable, susceptible; excitable etc. 825; thin-skinned etc. (sensitive) 822; fretful, ... show more

Polish: drażliwy, przeczulony, przewrażliwiony

3 fractious

Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome.


Moby thesaurus: adversary, adversative, adverse, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, at odds, averse, bearish, beyond control, bitchy, breachy, cankered, cantankerous, churlish, clashing, competitive, complaining ... show more.

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