Dictionary Check: fractious

"fractious" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

adjective

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Example: "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"
adjective

easily irritated or annoyed

Example: "an incorrigibly fractious young man"
adjective

unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome

Example: "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"

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