Fractious
11fractious — fractiously, adv. fractiousness, n. /frak sheuhs/, adj. 1. refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. 2. readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man. [1715 25;… …
12fractious — adjective if a baby or child is fractious, they are angry or upset: Babies tend to be fractious when they are teething. fractiousness noun (U) …
13fractious — adjective 1) fractious children Syn: grumpy, bad tempered, irascible, irritable, crotchety, grouchy, cantankerous, short tempered, tetchy, testy, curmudgeonly, ill tempered, ill humored, peevish, cross, waspish, crabby …
14fractious — adjective Etymology: fraction (discord) + ous Date: 1714 1. tending to be troublesome ; unruly < a fractious crowd > 2. quarrelsome, irritable • fractiously adverb • fractiousness …
15fractious — adjective /ˈfræk.ʃəs/ a) given to troublemaking …in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information. b) irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome …
16fractious — adj. Fractious is used with these nouns: ↑child …
17fractious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Irritable] Syn. peevish, perverse, touchy, cross; see irritable . 2. [Hard to manage] Syn. unruly, refractory, troublesome; see contrary 4 , rebellious 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [FRAK shus]… …
18fractious — frac|tious [ frækʃəs ] adjective 1. ) easily upset or annoyed: a fractious child 2. ) causing problems and difficult to control: TROUBLESOME …
19fractious — UK [ˈfrækʃəs] / US adjective 1) easily upset or annoyed a fractious child 2) causing problems and difficult to control …
20fractious — Synonyms and related words: adversary, adversative, adverse, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, at odds, averse, bearish, beyond control, bitchy, breachy, cankered, cantankerous, churlish, clashing, competitive, complaining, con …
