fractious

frac·tious  (frkshs)

adj.

1. Inclined to make trouble; unruly.

2. Having a peevish nature; cranky.

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[From fraction, discord (obsolete).]

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fractious·ly adv.

fractious·ness n.

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fractious

Adjective

(esp. of children) easily upset and angered, often due to tiredness [obsolete fraction discord]

USAGE: Fractious is sometimes wrongly used where factious is meant: this factious (not fractious) dispute has split the party still further.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fractious - stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" recalcitrant, refractory disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
	2.	fractious - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" peevish, pettish, petulant, irritable, techy, testy, tetchy, nettlesome, peckish, scratchy, cranky ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	3.	fractious - 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" difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

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fractious

adjective irritable, cross, awkward, unruly, touchy, recalcitrant, petulant, tetchy, ratty Brit., N.Z. (informal) testy, chippy (informal) fretful, grouchy (informal) querulous, peevish, refractory, crabby, captious, froward (archaic) pettish << OPPOSITE affable

Translations

fractious [ˈfrækʃəs] adj [person, mood] → irascible

fractious [ˈfrækʃəs] adj → grincheux/euse

fractious [ˈfrækʃəs] adj → verdrießlich

fractious [ˈfrækʃəs] adj → irritabile