fractious
Prone to bickering
Fractious describes someone irritable and quarrelsome, inclined to make trouble or resist authority.
A fractious child whines and complains; a fractious committee can't agree on anything.
The word often applies to groups that should cooperate but don't: fractious political factions, a fractious coalition.
It suggests persistent unruliness rather than a single outburst.
Ill-tempered and peevish
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- peevishHabitually fretful
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
touchy · snappish · irascible · tetchy · grouchy · cantankerous · cross · crabby
Inclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
disputatious · confrontational · contrary · obstreperous · uncooperative · difficult · truculent · pugnacious
cranky
Ill-tempered and peevish
petulant · touchy · snappish · irascible · tetchy · grouchy · cantankerous · cross · crabby · crotchety
argumentative
Inclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
antagonistic · disputatious · confrontational · contrary · obstreperous · uncooperative · difficult · truculent · pugnacious · defiant
fidgety
Nervously unable to settle
agitated · uneasy · fussy · whiny · colicky · overwrought · fractured · fitful · troubled · discontented
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- unfriendlyunfriendly, hostile, cold, cool, distant
fractiousplacid
Calm, undisturbed
good-natured · even-tempered · amiable · genial · easygoing
fractiousdocile
Easily controlled or taught
tractable · biddable · obedient · compliant · manageable
fractiousharmonious
Pleasingly in accord
unified · peaceable · cohesive · cooperative · collegial
- improper fractionNumerator surpasses denominator
- simple fractionRatio of two integers
- small fraction
- proper fractionRatio under one
- mixed fractionWhole number with fraction attached
- unit fractionOne divided by whole
fraction, fractional, infraction, refraction, fractionally, fractionation, fractiousness, fractiously, fractionated