Synonyms for fractious
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Petulant — irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome
petulant, peevish, irritable, testy, fretful, quarrelsome, tetchy UK US IE, cantankerous, irascible, cross, cranky, ugly, perverse, scratchy, peckish informal, splenetic, pettish informal, techy informal, waspish, snappish, nettlesome, ill-tempered
2. Unruly
unruly, restive, recalcitrant, refractory, unmanageable, disobedient, untoward, intractable, ungovernable, obstinate, rebellious
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
- adj. 2
Given to troublemaking.
Related words
- Word family
- fractiously fractiousness
Example sentences
- irritable Tom is usually a little irritable in the morning.
- petulant Her petulant humor upset the attendees.
- testy He gets really testy when he doesn't get his way.
- peevish Tom woke up feeling rather peevish.
- unruly The police managed to corral the unruly crowd.
By length
- 4 letters
- ugly2
- 5 letters
- cross1, testy2, techy2
- 6 letters
- cranky2, unruly3, tetchy
- 7 letters
- restive2, fretful2, peckish, peevish2, waspish, pettish
- 8 letters
- perverse2, scratchy2, petulant3, untoward3, snappish
- 9 letters
- irritable4, obstinate3, irascible4, splenetic
- 10 letters
- rebellious3, refractory4, nettlesome3
- 11 letters
- intractable4, disobedient5, quarrelsome3
- 12 letters
- unmanageable5, recalcitrant4, cantankerous4, ungovernable5, disputatious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly2 = 2 syllables).