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- [frak-shuh s]
- /ˈfræk ʃəs/
- /ˈfræk.ʃəs/
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- [frak-shuh s]
- /ˈfræk ʃəs/
Definitions of fractious word
- adjective fractious refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. 1
- adjective fractious readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man. 1
- noun fractious (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome. 1
- adjective fractious irritable 1
- adjective fractious likely to be troublesome 1
- adjective fractious If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things. 0
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Origin of fractious
First appearance:
before 1715 One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1715-25; fracti(on) + -ous
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Parts of speech for Fractious
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preposition
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fractious popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fractious
adj fractious
- testy — irritably impatient; touchy.
- unruly — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
- recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- irritable — easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- unmanageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
adjective fractious
- restless — characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.
- complaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- grumpy — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
Antonyms for fractious
adj fractious
- obedient — obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- patient — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- agreeable — If something is agreeable, it is pleasant and you enjoy it.
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