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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