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Synonyms for "fractious" in English

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fractious:
- fractious; refractory; recalcitrant

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Detailed Synonyms for fractious in English

fractious:

fractious adj

fractious

– unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome ¹
fractious
– unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome ¹
- fractious adj
  - rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas¹
  - fractious components of a communication system¹
fractious

– stubbornly resistant to authority or control ¹
refractory; recalcitrant; fractious
– stubbornly resistant to authority or control ¹
- refractory adj
  - a refractory child¹
- recalcitrant adj
- fractious adj
  - a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness¹

Alternate Synonyms for "fractious":

refractory; recalcitrant; disobedient
cranky; irritable; nettlesome; peevish; peckish; pettish; petulant; scratchy; testy; tetchy; techy; ill-natured
difficult; hard

Related Definitions for "fractious":

unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome¹
- rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas¹
- fractious components of a communication system¹
stubbornly resistant to authority or control¹
- a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness¹

Related Synonyms for fractious

fractious person

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