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frac·tious
fractious
pronunciation:
fraek
sh
s
part of speech:
adjective
definition 1:
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky.
The kids were getting very fractious after hours in the car.
antonyms:
peaceable
similar words:
grumpy
,
irritable
,
petulant
definition 2:
headstrong and hard to discipline; unruly.
antonyms:
orderly
similar words:
unruly
,
wayward
related words:
choleric
,
disobedient
,
hostile
,
ill-natured
,
naughty
,
quarrelsome
derivations:
fractiously (adv.), fractiousness (n.)
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