fractious

Synonyms

snappish peevish cross pettish fretful touchy petulant testy

Antonyms

good-humored blithesome genial agreeable complaisant

Frac"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.] Defn: Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse. Syn. -- Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish. -- Frac"tious*ly, v. -- Frac"tious*ness, n.

fractious - Similar Words

fracstious factious furacious feracious facetious factitious gracious fraction fictious tractitious