fractious

Speech parts

1. fractious - Adjective

2. fractious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

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Examples

In 1615 the British Isles had been an economically unremarkable, politically fractious and strategically second-class entity. Two hundred years later Great Britain had acquired the largest empire the world had ever seen, encompassing forty-three colonies in five continents. Niall Ferguson

an incorrigibly fractious young man Source: Internet

not the least nettlesome of his countrymen Source: Internet

rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas Source: Internet

fractious components of a communication system Source: Internet

a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness Source: Internet

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