英语词汇“fractious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(adjective) in the sense of irritable

Definition

(esp. of children) easily upset and angered, often due to tiredness

The children were predictably fractious.

Synonyms

irritable

He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable.

cross

Everyone was getting bored and cross.

awkward

She's got to an age where she's being awkward.

unruly

It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children.

touchy

He is very touchy about his past.

recalcitrant

petulant

He whined like a petulant child.

tetchy

You always get tetchy when you're hungry.

ratty (British, New Zealand, informal)

I was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up.

testy

Ben gets testy when he is hungry.

chippy (informal)

fretful

an extremely fretful four-month old baby

grouchy (informal)

Grandfather is a grouchy old so-and-so.

querulous

a querulous male voice

peevish

Lack of sleep always made him peevish.

refractory

crabby

I'm extremely crabby when I'm hungry.

captious

froward (archaic)

pettish

Opposites

agreeable

amiable

genial

affable

good-natured

tractable

good-tempered

biddable

complaisant

单词	fractious
释义	Trends of fractious View usage for: fractious (frækʃəs) adjective If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things. [disapproval] ...fractious national movements. Nancy was in a fractious mood. The children were predictably fractious. Synonyms: irritable, cross, awkward, unruly More Synonyms of fractious fractious in British English (ˈfrækʃəs) adjective 1. irritable 2. unruly ▶ USAGE Fractious is sometimes wrongly used where factious is meant: this factious (not fractious) dispute has split the party still further Derived forms fractiously (ˈfractiously) adverb fractiousness (ˈfractiousness) noun Word origin C18: from (obsolete) fraction discord + -ous fractious in American English (ˈfrækʃəs) adjective 1. hard to manage; unruly; rebellious; refractory 2. peevish; irritable; cross Derived forms fractiously (ˈfractiously) adverb fractiousness (ˈfractiousness) noun Word origin prob. < fraction (in obs. sense “discord”) + -ous Examples of 'fractious' in a sentence fractious It has not approached him with any offer of a new role and their fractious relationship means that is unlikely to change. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In recent weeks the noises from next door had become more fractious. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It will be interesting to see how long this fractious mood lasts. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Their unlikely, openly fractious relationship drives the group. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A fractious relationship with some players and anxiety on the board combined to make his position untenable. Times, Sunday Times (2006) So must his fractious party. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The party, languishing in the polls, is increasingly fractious and rebellious. Times, Sunday Times (2012) His relationship with his brothers, who were also in the business, became increasingly fractious. Times, Sunday Times (2007) (adjective) in the sense of irritable Definition (esp. of children) easily upset and angered, often due to tiredness The children were predictably fractious. Synonyms irritable He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable. cross Everyone was getting bored and cross. awkward She's got to an age where she's being awkward. unruly It's not good enough just to blame the unruly children. touchy He is very touchy about his past. recalcitrant petulant He whined like a petulant child. tetchy You always get tetchy when you're hungry. ratty (British, New Zealand, informal) I was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up. testy Ben gets testy when he is hungry. chippy (informal) fretful an extremely fretful four-month old baby grouchy (informal) Grandfather is a grouchy old so-and-so. querulous a querulous male voice peevish Lack of sleep always made him peevish. refractory crabby I'm extremely crabby when I'm hungry. captious froward (archaic) pettish Opposites agreeable , amiable , genial , affable , good-natured , tractable , good-tempered , biddable , complaisant Additional synonyms in the sense of awkward She's got to an age where she's being awkward. Synonyms uncooperative, trying, difficult, annoying, unpredictable, unreasonable, stubborn, troublesome, perverse, prickly, exasperating, irritable, intractable, vexing, unhelpful, touchy, obstinate, obstructive, bloody-minded (British, informal), chippy (informal), vexatious, hard to handle, disobliging in the sense of crabby Definition bad-tempered I'm extremely crabby when I'm hungry. Synonyms bad-tempered, acid, irritable, cross, awkward, sour, prickly, snappy, surly, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, grouchy (informal), unsociable, misanthropic, crotchety (informal), mardy (dialect), snappish, ill-humoured, nasty-tempered in the sense of cross Definition angry Everyone was getting bored and cross. Synonyms angry, impatient, irritable, annoyed, put out, hacked (off) (informal), pissed (taboo, slang), crusty, snappy, grumpy, vexed, pissed off (taboo, slang), sullen, surly, fractious, petulant, disagreeable, short, churlish, peeved (informal), ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), tooshie (Australian, slang), testy, fretful, waspish, in a bad mood, grouchy (informal), querulous, shirty (slang, British), peevish, splenetic, crotchety (informal), snappish, ill-humoured, liverish, captious, pettish, out of humour, hoha (New Zealand) Nearby words of fractious foyer fracas fraction fractious fracture fragile fragility Synonyms of 'fractious' fractious Explore 'fractious' in the dictionary
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