Synonyms for fractious
ˈfræk ʃəsfrac·tious

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1. fractious

   Perverse (Latin perversus, turned the wrong way) signifies wilfully wrong or erring, unreasonably set against right, reason, or authority. The stubborn or obstinate person will not do what another desires or requires; the perverse person will do anything contrary to what is desired or required of him. The petulant person frets, but may comply; the perverse individual may be smooth or silent, but is wilfully intractable. Wayward refers to a perverse disregard of morality and duty; froward is practically obsolete; untoward is rarely heard except in certain phrases; as, untoward circumstances. Compare OBSTINATE.

   Synonyms:
   contrary, factious, froward, intractable, obstinate, perverse, petulant, stubborn, ungovernable, untoward, wayward, wilful

   Antonyms:
   accommodating, amenable, complaisant, compliant, genial, governable, kind, obliging

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1. fractious

   Synonyms:
   snappish, peevish, cross, pettish, fretful, touchy, petulant, testy

   Antonyms:
   good-humored, blithesome, genial, agreeable, complaisant

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1. fractious, refractory, recalcitrantadjective

   stubbornly resistant to authority or control

   "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

   Synonyms:
   scratchy, techy, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, recalcitrant, pettish, irritable, petulant, tetchy, refractory, testy, stubborn, peckish

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, easy, obedient

2. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyadjective

   easily irritated or annoyed

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

   Synonyms:
   irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, cranky, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, irritable, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, grating

   Antonyms:
   easy, good-natured, obedient

3. fractiousadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   scratchy, techy, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, recalcitrant, pettish, irritable, petulant, tetchy, refractory, testy, peckish

   Antonyms:
   easy, obedient, good-natured

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1. truculent

   spoiling for an argument or fight

   the mother was at her wits' end because of her 4 year old's truculent behaviour.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

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1. fractiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   cross, captious, petulant, touchy, testy, peevish, fretful, splenetic, pettish, snappish, waspish, irritable

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1. fractiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   unruly, perverse, irritable, ugly, waspish

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How to use fractious in a sentence?

1. Tim Reihm:

   I think there's been a tendency in the party to drift a little too far left and I think that's going to disenfranchise a large section of the country, joe represents a sort of a more middle ground where we can bring people together instead of becoming more and more fractious.

2. Matt Smith:

   Dissent in the ranks highlights how fractious relations are within the group, uAE is looking after its own interests, rather than toeing the line of core OPEC.