Look up: fractious

1. fractious
   [adj] - stubbornly resistant to authority or control 2. [adj] - unpredictably difficult in operation
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2. Fractious
   Frac'tious adjective [ Confer Prov. English frack forward, eager, English freak , fridge ; or Prov. English fratch to squabble, quarrel.] Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a ...
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3. fractious
   refractory adjective stubbornly resistant to authority or control; `a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness`; `a refractory child`
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4. 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`
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5. Fractious
   • (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
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