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fractiousadjective given to disagreement or irritationAt the end of what was a fractious campaign, the two former rivals were surprisingly able to settle some of their differences and work together. feisty, surlyargumentative, contentious, controversial, disputatious, polemical(also polemic), quarrelsome, scrappyaggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, truculent, warlikebalky, contrary, ornery, perverse, restive, waywarddisobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractoryhardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded, resistant, self-opinionated, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, unreasonable, unyielding, willful(or wilful)acidic, bearish, bilious, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dyspeptic, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, rude, snappish, snappy, splenetic, testy, touchy, waspishbattling, fighting, warring affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, cordial, easygoing, friendly, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, ingratiating, pleasant, sociablepacific, peaceable, peacefulacquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, complying, conciliatory, cooperative, obligingdocile, obedient, submissive, tractable difficult to manage or controlSecurity guards were overwhelmed by the fractious crowd at the concert. restive, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wildnoncooperative, uncooperativebalky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful(or wilful)hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded, resistant, self-opinionated, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, unreasonable, unyieldingbad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, monkeying, monkeyish, naughtyundisciplined acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, cooperative, deferential, obligingyieldingbehaved, disciplined, well-bredcourteous, dutiful, polite, respectfulkowtowing, obsequious, servile, slavish, subservientdecorous, mannerly, orderly, propercontrollable, governable, manageable, trainableamenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable in 1714 |