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"

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"

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"

Related terms

difficult

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Rhymes with

anxious noxious anxious precious rambunctious cautious infectious gracious obnoxious semiprecious atrocious voracious capricious nutritious nauseous conscious ferocious subconscious unconscious vicious facetious fallacious efficacious propitious confucius predaceous precocious loquacious vexatious fictitious factitious specious spacious unpretentious pretentious contentious conscientious tendentious herbaceous ceraceous audacious malicious judicious sebaceous seditious injudicious ignatius repetitious salacious suspicious flirtatious expeditious superstitious surreptitious tenacious delicious pernicious auspicious capacious ambitious ostentatious vivacious overambitious

Phonetic and Homophones

F R AE1 K SH AH0 S

Similar Spelling

fractiously fraction fractional fractionate friction fracture frictionless Fructidor fractured frostiness frictional fractal

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