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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'fractious'

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1. (adj) fractious, refractory, recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Synonyms: scratchy, techy, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, recalcitrant, pettish, irritable, petulant, tetchy, refractory, testy, stubborn, peckish, fractious
Antonyms: good-natured, easy, obedient

2. (adj) cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
easily irritated or annoyed
Synonyms: irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, cranky, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, irritable, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, grating
Antonyms: easy, good-natured, obedient

3. (adj) fractious
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
Synonyms: scratchy, techy, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, recalcitrant, pettish, irritable, petulant, tetchy, refractory, testy, peckish
Antonyms: easy, obedient, good-natured

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'fractious'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. fractious
Perverse (L. perversus, turned the wrong way) signifies wilfully wrong or erring, unreasonably set against right, reason, or authority. The stubborn or obstinate person will not do what anoth
Synonyms: perverse, contrary, froward, petulant, untoward, factious, intractable, stubborn, wayward, fractious, obstinate, ungovernable, wilful
Antonyms: accommodating, complaisant, genial, kind, amenable, compliant, governable, obliging

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