fractious

fractious /'frækʃəs/
  • tính từ
    • cứng đầu, cứng cổ, bướng
      • a fractious boy: thằng bé cứng đầu cứng cổ
    • cau có, quàu quạu; hay phát khùng

Xem thêm: refractory, recalcitrant, cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy



fractious

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • stubbornly resistant to authority or control; refractory, recalcitrant

    a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness

    a refractory child

  • easily irritated or annoyed; cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

    an incorrigibly fractious young man

    not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

  • 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


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: cranky irritable nettlesome peckish peevish pettish petulant recalcitrant refractory scratchy techy testy tetchy