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1.
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
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easily irritated or annoyed
an incorrigibly fractious young man
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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
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The following are synonyms for 'fractious'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms.
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fractiously
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difficult
disobedient
hard
ill-natured
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