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fractious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | recalcitrant, refractory |
| Derivation | fractiousness |
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
fractious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas.
fractious components of a communication system.
Examples of fractious
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With Diana and the bridesmaids, he noticed Clementine Hambro becoming fractious.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They get bored and fractious and all your carefully cultivated routines crumble.
From the nzherald.co.nz
After all, nervous politicians afraid of losing their jobs are a fractious bunch.
From the cnn.com
This handsome book offers a useful primer on the fractious history of the region.
From the kansas.com
Yes, the presidential campaign has been fractious and, at times, mean-spirited.
From the jsonline.com
The tranquility of these images is at odds with Abramtsevo's fractious history.
From the time.com
The euro zone's political leaders, alas, are a fractious and underwhelming lot.
From the economist.com
This points either to a large, fractious coalition or to a minority government.
From the economist.com
The fighters'morale has been dented and they are becoming still more fractious.
From the economist.com
- Stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
- Cranky: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
- 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"
- (fractiously) peevishly: in a peevish manner
- (fractiousness) unruliness: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
- A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to him or her, to a greater degree than others may find it.
- Given to troublemaking; irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome
- Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
- (adj.): mean or cross
