unfractious
ʃəs adjective
1.
refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
2.
readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man.
Related forms
frac·tious·ly, adverb
frac·tious·ness, noun
un·frac·tious, adjective
un·frac·tious·ly, adverb
un·frac·tious·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. stubborn, difficult. 2. testy, captious, petulant, snappish, pettish, waspish, touchy.
1. stubborn, difficult. 2. testy, captious, petulant, snappish, pettish, waspish, touchy.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | irritable |
| 2. | unruly |
| [C18: from (obsolete) fraction discord + | |
| usage Fractious is sometimes wrongly used where factious is meant: this factious (not fractious) dispute has split the party still further | |
| 'fractiously | |
| —adv | |
| 'fractiousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
fractious
1725, from fraction in an obsolete sense of "brawling, discord" + -ous; probably on model of captious. Related: Fractiousness.
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