fractious

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fractious Definition

• (s) stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
• (s) easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
• (s) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thigkly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"

fractious Synonyms

• cranky
• fractious
• irritable
• nettlesome
• peckish
• peevish
• pettish
• petulant
• refractory
• techy
• testy
• tetchy