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.

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fractious (Thesaurus)

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