stubbornly resistant to authority or control; a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness; a refractory child

[ Syn: refractory , recalcitrant ]

easily irritated or annoyed; an incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

[ Syn: cranky , irritable , nettlesome , peevish , peckish , pettish , petulant , scratchy , testy , tetchy , techy ]

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'