Dictionary definition · fractious
adjective
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control"a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"
- easily irritated or annoyed"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
- unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome"rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).