fractious

Meaning

  1. Given to troublemaking.
  2. Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

Opposite of
unfractious
Synonyms

peevish
irritable
20k
peckish
37k
techy
scratchy
23k
petulant
39k
tetchy
cranky
C2
nettlesome
tough
A2
quarrelsome
recalcitrant
refractory
pettish
cross
B1
testy
30k
grouchy
27k
grumpy
C2
hard
A1
haywire
23k
hot
A1
🥵
inconvenient
C2
indocile
inopportune
49k
intractable
irregular
C2
litigious
meddlesome
45k
mischievous
C2
naughty
B2
obstinate
C2
obstreperous
rebellious
C2
shrewish
snappy
C2
snatchy
sorehead
straggly
touchy
C2
tricky
C1
troublesome
C2
unenviable
unfriendly
22k
unmanageable
unpronounceable
unruly
23k
unutterable

unwieldy

whimsical
C2
bunglesome
Translations

zänkisch
mürrisch
stizzoso
quisquilloso
verdrießlich
weerspannig

kribbig

störrisch
aufsässig
irritabile
lastig
maussade

wiederspenstig

twistziek
aksi
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/
Etymology

From fraction (“discord”) (now obsolete) + -ous.

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