Meaning of fractious in English
Classifying Adjective
fractiousDefinitions
1. stubbornly resistant to authority or controlExamples
- « a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness »
- « a refractory child »
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- 2. easily irritated or annoyed
Examples
- « an incorrigibly fractious young man »
- « not the least nettlesome of his countrymen »
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- 3. unpredictably difficult in operation
Examples
- « likely to be troublesome »
- « rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thigkly populated areas »
- « fractious components of a communication system »
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