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 Definitions of fractious  [ˈfræk ʃəs]  

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Definition of 'fractious' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) fractious
refractory; unruly.

2.  fractious
readily angered; quarrelsome.

Etymology:  (1715–25)

Definition of 'fractious' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) fractious, refractory, recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
"a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

2. (adj) cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

3. (adj) fractious
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
"rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"


Definition of 'fractious' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) fractious
apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse



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