fractious

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/

Adjective

fractious

1. Given to troublemaking.
2. Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Smith, Elder & Company, London, page 228,

     …in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.

Translations

• German: aufsässig, widerspenstig, zänkisch
• Spanish: quisquilloso

Translations

• French: hargneux
• German: zänkisch, verdrießlich, widerspenstig, mürrisch, störrisch
• Spanish: quisquilloso

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