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Meaning of fractious
frac•tious
Pronunciation: (frak'shus), [key]
— adj.
- refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man.
See also:
- fractious (Thesaurus)