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Fractious

ˈfrakʃəs

Fractious definitions
adjective
fractious
  1. (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome

    "they fight and squabble like fractious children"

    grumpy grouchy crotchety in a (bad) mood cantankerous bad-tempered ill-tempered ill-natured ill-humoured peevish having got out of bed on the wrong side cross disagreeable pettish
    • (of a group or organization) difficult to control; unruly

      "King Malcolm struggled to unite his fractious kingdom"