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fractious

adjective /frækʃəs/ 2 syllables 9 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 16
Definitions
adjective

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

“a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”

adjective

easily irritated or annoyed

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

adjective

unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome

“rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas”

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