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fractious:
- Wiktionary:
  fractious → mürrisch, wiederspenstig, verdrießlich, störrisch, zänkisch, aufsässig
- Synonyms for "fractious":
  refractory; recalcitrant; disobedient
  cranky; irritable; nettlesome; peevish; peckish; pettish; petulant; scratchy; testy; tetchy; techy; ill-natured
  difficult; hard

English

Detailed Translations for fractious from English to German

fractious:

Translation Matrix for fractious:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	recalcitrant; refractory

Synonyms for "fractious":

refractory; recalcitrant; disobedient
cranky; irritable; nettlesome; peevish; peckish; pettish; petulant; scratchy; testy; tetchy; techy; ill-natured
difficult; hard

Related Definitions for "fractious":

unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome¹
- rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas¹
- fractious components of a communication system¹
stubbornly resistant to authority or control¹
- a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness¹

Wiktionary Translations for fractious:

fractious

adjective

irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome
- fractious → mürrisch; wiederspenstig; verdrießlich; störrisch; zänkisch; aufsässig
given to troublemaking
- fractious → störrisch; zänkisch; verdrießlich; wiederspenstig; mürrisch; aufsässig

Related Translations for fractious

fractious person

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