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   fractious

   /ˈfrakʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome: "they fight and squabble like fractious children" Similar grumpygrouchycrotchetyin a (bad) moodcantankerousbad-temperedill-temperedill-naturedill-humouredpeevishhaving got out of bed on the wrong sidecrossdisagreeablepettishirritableirascibletetchytestycurmudgeonlycrabbedcrabbywaspishpricklypepperytouchyscratchycrustyspleneticshrewishshort-temperedhot-temperedquick-tempereddyspepticcholericbiliousliverishcross-grainedas cross as two sticksinformal:snappishsnappychippyon a short fuseshort-fusedshirtystroppynarkyrattyeggylike a bear with a sore headcrankyornerypeckishsoreheadedsnakyinformal, dated:waxymiffyOpposite contentedaffable
   • ▪ (of a group or organization) difficult to control; unruly: "King Malcolm struggled to unite his fractious kingdom" Similar waywardunrulyuncontrollableunmanageableout of handobstreperousdifficultheadstrongrefractoryrecalcitrantintractabledisobedientinsubordinatedisruptivedisorderlyundisciplinedtroublemakingrebelliousmutinousanarchicdefiantstubbornobstinatecontrarywilfularchaic:contumaciousOpposite dutiful

   Word Origin late 17th century: from fraction, probably on the pattern of the pair faction, factious.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fractiously adverb
   • 2. fractiousness noun

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fractiousFractious Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of FRACTIOUS is tending to be troublesome : unruly. How to use fractious in a sentence. Did you know?

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › fractiousFRACTIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining: a fractious child. Synonyms. peevish. petulant disapproving. testy. tetchy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom. be like a bear with a sore head idiom. be spoiling for a fight idiom. grouchy. grumpily. grumpiness. grumpy.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › fractiousFRACTIOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining: a fractious child. Synonyms. peevish. petulant disapproving. testy. tetchy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom. be like a bear with a sore head idiom. be spoiling for a fight idiom. grouchy. grumpily. grumpiness. grumpy.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › fractiousFRACTIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › fractiousFractious - definition of fractious by The Free Dictionary

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   fractious - stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › fractiousFractious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   stubbornly resistant to authority or control. “a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness” synonyms: recalcitrant, refractory. disobedient. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority. adjective. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome.

8. www.oed.com › dictionary › fractious_adjfractious adjective - Oxford English Dictionary

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective fractious. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.