Definition of fractious

Overview of adj fractious

The adj fractious has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fractious, refractory, recalcitrant

(stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child")

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

(easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen")

3. fractious

(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")