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| 1. | [ adjective ] easily irritated or annoyed | |
| Synonyms: | peevish irritable testy techy peckish pettish petulant tetchy nettlesome cranky | |
| Examples: | "an incorrigibly fractious young man" "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" |
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| Related terms: | ill-natured | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] stubbornly resistant to authority or control | |
| Synonyms: | refractory | |
| Examples: | "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness" "a refractory child" |
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| Related terms: | disobedient | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome | |
| Examples: | "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thigkly populated areas" "fractious components of a communication system" |
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| Related terms: | difficult | |
| Similar spelling: |
fractiously fraction fractional fractionate friction fracture frictionless Fructidor fractured frostiness frictional fractal |
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