fractious

phonetic symbol: / frǽkʃəs / 

fractious - English Dictionary

[ adjective satellite ]
■ unpredictably difficult in operation
■ likely to be troublesome
e.g.)
・rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
・fractious components of a communication system

[ adjective satellite ]
■ easily irritated or annoyed
e.g.)
・an incorrigibly fractious young man
cranky , irritable , nettlesome , peckish , peevish , pettish , petulant , scratchy , techy , testy , tetchy

[ adjective satellite ]
■ stubbornly resistant to authority or control
e.g.)
・a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
recalcitrant , refractory

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