fractious 音标拼音: [fr'ækʃəs]
a . 易怒的,倔强的,脾气不好的,难以对待的
易怒的,倔强的,脾气不好的,难以对待的
fractious adj 1 :
stubbornly resistant to authority or control ; "
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness ";
"
a refractory child " [
synonym : {
fractious }, {
refractory },
{
recalcitrant }]
2 :
easily irritated or annoyed ; "
an incorrigibly fractious young man "; "
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen " [
synonym :
{
cranky }, {
fractious }, {
irritable }, {
nettlesome }, {
peevish },
{
peckish }, {
pettish }, {
petulant }, {
scratchy }, {
testy },
{
tetchy }, {
techy }]
3 :
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 "
Fractious \
Frac "
tious \,
a . [
Cf .
Prov .
E .
frack forward ,
eager ,
E .
freak ,
fridge ;
or Prov .
E .
fratch to squabble ,
quarrel .]
Apt to break out into a passion ;
apt to scold ;
cross ;
snappish ;
ugly ;
unruly ;
as ,
a fractious man ;
a fractious horse .
Syn :
Snappish ;
peevish ;
waspish ;
cross ;
irritable ;
perverse ;
pettish . -- {
Frac "
tious *
ly },
v . -- {
Frac "
tious *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fractious ":
adversary ,
adversative ,
adverse ,
alien ,
antagonistic ,
anti ,
antipathetic ,
antithetic ,
at odds ,
averse ,
bearish ,
beyond control ,
bitchy ,
breachy ,
cankered ,
cantankerous ,
churlish ,
clashing ,
competitive ,
complaining ,
con ,
conflicting ,
contradictory ,
contrary ,
contumacious ,
counter ,
crabbed ,
cranky ,
cross ,
cross -
grained ,
crusty ,
cursory ,
cussed ,
defiant ,
differing ,
disaccordant ,
disagreeable ,
disagreeing ,
disinclined ,
disobedient ,
disputatious ,
disputing ,
dissentient ,
dissenting ,
enemy ,
excitable ,
feisty ,
forced ,
fretful ,
hostile ,
huffish ,
huffy ,
impatient of control ,
incorrigible ,
indisposed ,
indocile ,
indomitable ,
inimical ,
insuppressible ,
intractable ,
involuntary ,
irascible ,
irrepressible ,
irritable ,
mean ,
mutinous ,
negative ,
noncooperative ,
objecting ,
obstinate ,
obstreperous ,
obstructive ,
on the barricades ,
opponent ,
opposed ,
opposing ,
opposite ,
oppositional ,
oppositive ,
oppugnant ,
ornery ,
out of hand ,
overthwart ,
peevish ,
perfunctory ,
perverse ,
pettish ,
petulant ,
proof against ,
protesting ,
querulous ,
rebellious ,
recalcitrant ,
refractory ,
reluctant ,
renitent ,
repellent ,
repugnant ,
resistant ,
resisting ,
resistive ,
restive ,
retardant ,
retardative ,
rival ,
shrewish ,
snappish ,
spiteful ,
spleeny ,
splenetic ,
sulky ,
sullen ,
testy ,
ugly ,
unbiddable ,
unconsenting ,
uncontrollable ,
uncooperative ,
undisciplined ,
unfavorable ,
unfriendly ,
ungovernable ,
unmalleable ,
unmanageable ,
unmoldable ,
unpropitious ,
unruly ,
unsubmissive ,
unwilling ,
unyielding ,
up in arms ,
waspish ,
wild ,
withstanding
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