fractious - Meaning in Kannada

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fractious - Meaning in Kannada

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Definitions and Meaning of fractious in English

fractious adjective

1. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome

   Examples

   • "fractious components of a communication system"
   • "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"
2. easily irritated or annoyed

   Synonyms

   cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy

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   Examples

   • "an incorrigibly fractious young man"
   • "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
3. stubbornly resistant to authority or control

   Synonyms

   recalcitrant, refractory

   Examples

   • "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"
   • "a refractory child"

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