A fractious child is a troublesome thing to deal with, but a fractious man is far worse.
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Fractious
//ˈfɹæk.ʃəs//
Synonyms for "fractious" (173 found)
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cross grainedcross-grainedcrustycursorycusseddefiantdifferingdifficultdisaccordantdisagreeabledisagreeingdisinclineddisobedientdisputatiousdisputingdissentientdissentingenemyexcitablefeisty
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obstreperousobstructiveon the barricadesopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantorneryout of handoverthwartpeevishperfunctoryperversepettishpetulantpricklyproof against
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protestingquarrelsomequerulousrebelliousrecalcitrantreluctantrenitentrepellentrepugnantresistantresistingresistiverestiveretardantretardativerivalrogueshrewishsnappishsnappyspitefulspleenyspleneticsulkysullensurlytestyuglyunbiddableunconsentinguncontrollableuncooperativeundisciplinedunfavorableunfriendlyungovernableunmalleableunmanageableunmoldableunpropitiousunrulyunsubmissiveuntamableuntowardunwillingunyieldingup in armswaspishwildwithstanding
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2 entriesderived from
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5 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- капризен adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- раздразнителен adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- свадлив adj (given to troublemaking)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 搗亂的 /捣乱的 adj (given to troublemaking)
- 易怒的 adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
Dutch
4 entries- dwars adj (given to troublemaking)
- kribbig adj (given to troublemaking)
- lastig adj (given to troublemaking)
- weerspannig adj (given to troublemaking)
French
1 entries- hargneux adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
German
4 entries- aufsässig adj (given to troublemaking)
- mürrisch adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- störrisch adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- verdrießlich adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
Japanese
1 entries- 怒りっぽい adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
Māori
3 entries- ahitere adj (given to troublemaking)
- mānehenehe adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- ngānehenehe adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
Russian
2 entries- капризный adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- раздражительный adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
Spanish
4 entries- belicoso adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- conflictivo adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- desobediente adj (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome)
- díscolo adj (given to troublemaking)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
You're as fractious as Tom.
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To him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.
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The U.S. Senate, in a rare bipartisan vote of approval in politically fractious Washington, adopted Tuesday a $1 trillion infrastructure plan to fix the country’s deteriorating roads and bridges and expand broadband internet service.
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