āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
fractious
/fÉšËÃĻkĘÉs/
fractious
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ°, āĻ°āĻžāĻā§
easily getting annoyed, angry, or upset
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After hours of waiting in the airport, the passengers became increasingly fractious.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻļ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ°, āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
prone to malfunction, disruption, or instability
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fractious software kept crashing during the presentation.
03
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨āĻšā§āĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻšā§
unruly, defiant, or unwilling to submit to rules or leadership
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A fractious crowd gathered outside the courthouse.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
