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   fractious

   /ˈfrakʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome: "they fight and squabble like fractious children" Similar grumpygrouchycrotchetyin a (bad) moodcantankerousbad-temperedill-temperedill-naturedill-humouredpeevishhaving got out of bed on the wrong sidecrossdisagreeablepettishirritableirascibletetchytestycurmudgeonlycrabbedcrabbywaspishpricklypepperytouchyscratchycrustyspleneticshrewishshort-temperedhot-temperedquick-tempereddyspepticcholericbiliousliverishcross-grainedas cross as two sticksinformal:snappishsnappychippyon a short fuseshort-fusedshirtystroppynarkyrattyeggylike a bear with a sore headcrankyornerypeckishsoreheadedsnakyinformal, dated:waxymiffyOpposite contentedaffable
   • ▪ (of a group or organization) difficult to control; unruly: "King Malcolm struggled to unite his fractious kingdom" Similar waywardunrulyuncontrollableunmanageableout of handobstreperousdifficultheadstrongrefractoryrecalcitrantintractabledisobedientinsubordinatedisruptivedisorderlyundisciplinedtroublemakingrebelliousmutinousanarchicdefiantstubbornobstinatecontrarywilfularchaic:contumaciousOpposite dutiful

   Word Origin late 17th century: from fraction, probably on the pattern of the pair faction, factious.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fractiously adverb
   • 2. fractiousness noun

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   Are You a fractious person?

   • If you're prone to picking fights, making snarky comments, and being frustratingly stubborn, you're fractious. And odds are you're not invited to too many parties. Someone who is fractious is cranky, rebellious and inclined to cause problems. Tempers and children are commonly described as such.

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   What does fractious mean?

   • Add fractious to one of your lists below, or create a new one. FRACTIOUS definition: 1. easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining: 2. easily upset or annoyed, and often…. Learn more.

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   What is a fractious animal?

   • a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. an incorrigibly fractious young man. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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   What is a fractious story in Gitmo?

   • The story told on these walls is a fractured and fractious one that consciously resists an easy narrative. He was well aware of the fractious history between Congress and the White House on Gitmo and was determined to start anew. We are a troubled and fractious country, in a difficult neighbourhood.

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   How fractious was the Army?

   • These were often fractious disputes, often accompanied by violence directed at jobbers as well as supervisors and managers. Among households of the same type, meanwhile, ones with more conjugal units were more fractious. Without a commander with appointing and disciplinary powers, the army remained fractious, fragmented and undisciplined.

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   Are political affairs fractious?

   • Political affairs could be equally fractious. This has sometimes invited accusations of mutual 'logrolling', but that, it is said, is a comparativly small price to pay in societies where politics are dangerously fractious. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Fractious means easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining. Learn more about its usage, pronunciation, and translations in different languages.

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   If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.

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   Fractious definition: refractory or unruly. See examples of FRACTIOUS used in a sentence.

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   stubbornly resistant to authority or control. “a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness” synonyms: recalcitrant, refractory. disobedient. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority. adjective. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome.

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   Fractious means irritable or unruly, often used to describe children or animals. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of fractious in different languages.

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   If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.

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