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Fractious
see synonyms of fractiousAdjective
1. fractious, recalcitrant, refractory
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Example Sentences:'a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness''a refractory child'
2. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
easily irritated or annoyed
Example Sentences:'an incorrigibly fractious young man''not the least nettlesome of his countrymen'
3. fractious
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
Example Sentences:'rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas''fractious components of a communication system'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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Fractious
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