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fractious
01
easily getting annoyed, angry, or upset
02
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
03
showing resistance to authority or control
Example
Lack of sleep often makes her quite fractious by the afternoon.
After hours of waiting in the airport, the passengers became increasingly fractious.
The teacher had a hard time on the first day with a particularly fractious student who wouldn't stay seated.
The fractious child refused to do his homework despite his parents' repeated instructions.