fractious
/frækʃəs/
adjective
9 letters2 syllables14 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
ADJECTIVE
1
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
“a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”
2
Easily irritated or annoyed.
“an incorrigibly fractious young man”
3
Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome.
“rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas”
“fractious components of a communication system”
WORD FORMS
Related formfractiousness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®16 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinactiousfray
Starts & ends withF … S
Syllablesfrac · tious
SYNONYMS & RELATED18
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