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fractious
01
easily getting annoyed, angry, or upset
Example
Lack of sleep often makes her quite fractious by the afternoon.
After hours of waiting in the airport, the passengers became increasingly fractious.
He tried to avoid the fractious neighbor who was always complaining.
02
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
03
showing resistance to authority or control
Example
The fractious child refused to do his homework despite his parents' repeated instructions.
The teacher had a hard time on the first day with a particularly fractious student who would n't stay seated.
word family
fract
Verb
fraction
Noun
fractious
Adjective
fractiously
Adverb
fractiously
Adverb
fractiousness
Noun
fractiousness
Noun
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