Fractious - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfrækʃəs|
Brit.
|ˈfrækʃəs|
adjective
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control (syn: recalcitrant, refractory)
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
- easily irritated or annoyed (syn: cranky, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy)an incorrigibly fractious young man
- unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesomerockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
fractious components of a communication system
fractious components of a communication system
Extra examples
The fractious crowd grew violent.
Children become fractious when they are tired.
A fractious horse had finally shot him over his head.
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