FRACTIOUS

fractious

(adjective) 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”

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

fractious, refractory, recalcitrant

(adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control; “a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”; “a refractory child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

fractious (comparative more fractious, superlative most fractious)

Given to troublemaking.

Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

Source: Wiktionary

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Frac"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.]

Definition: Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

Syn.

– Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish.

– Frac"tious*ly, v.

– Frac"tious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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