Fractious - Definition
fractious
adj 1: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a
fractious animal that would not submit to the harness";
"a refractory child" [syn: fractious, refractory,
recalcitrant]
2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young
man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn:
cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish,
peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy,
tetchy, techy]
3: 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"