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English adjective: fractious | |||
| 1. | fractious stubbornly resistant to authority or control | ||
| Samples | A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. A refractory child. | ||
| Synonyms | recalcitrant, refractory | ||
| Similar | disobedient | ||
| Antonyms | obedient | ||
| 2. | fractious easily irritated or annoyed | ||
| Samples | An incorrigibly fractious young man. Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen. | ||
| Synonyms | cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy | ||
| Similar | ill-natured | ||
| Antonyms | good-natured | ||
| 3. | fractious unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome | ||
| Samples | Rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas. Fractious components of a communication system. | ||
| Similar | difficult, hard | ||
| Antonyms | easy | ||
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