fractious





fractious - adjective

  • stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  • easily irritated or annoyed
  • unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome

fractious - thesaurus

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


View spelling list The -tious ending and learn about the word fractious in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 30. Words with ci and ti e.g. ancient, special, initial, gracious.

Scrabble score for fractious

f is 4 r is 1 a is 1 c is 3 t is 1 i is 1 o is 1 u is 1 s is 1
Scrabble score = 14

Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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