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Fractious — synonyms, definition

1. fractious (a)

37 synonyms
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2. fractious (Adjective)

13 synonyms
incalcitrant irritable narky nettlesome peckish peevish pettish petulant pouty scratchy techy testy tetchy
3 definitions

fractious (Adjective) — Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. ex. "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"

fractious (Adjective) — Easily irritated or annoyed. ex. "an incorrigibly fractious young man"

fractious (Adjective) — Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome. ex. "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas" ex. "fractious components of a communication system"