FRACTIOUS

Definition of FRACTIOUS

1. adjective

   unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome

   “rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas”

2. adjective

   easily irritated or annoyed

   “an incorrigibly fractious young man”

   Synonyms: cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish

3. adjective

   stubbornly resistant to authority or control

   “a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”

   Synonyms: refractory, recalcitrant

Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

Words within FRACTIOUS

344 words can be made from any subset of the letters in FRACTIOUS.

• factious 13
• faitours 11
• factors 12
• fractus 12
• faitour 10
• carious 9
• citrous 9
• curiosa 9
• surcoat 9
• turacos 9
• sautoir 7
• crafts 11
• crofts 11
• factor 11
• fiasco 11
• fracti 11
• fustic 11
• afrits 9
• fortis 9
• fruits 9
• frusta 9
• actors 8
• aortic 8
• castor 8
• citrus 8
• coatis 8
• coitus 8
• costar 8
• courts 8
• crista 8
• curios 8
• racist 8
• rictus 8
• rustic 8
• scoria 8
• scotia 8
• scrota 8
• soucar 8
• tarocs 8
• triacs 8
• turaco 8
• uratic 8
• aorist 6
• aristo 6
• aurist 6
• ratios 6
• satori 6
• souari 6
• suitor 6
• coifs 10
• craft 10
• croft 10
• cuifs 10
• curfs 10
• facts 10
• farci 10
• ficus 10
• focus 10
• scarf 10
• scurf 10
• afrit 8
• fairs 8
• faros 8
• farts 8
• fatso 8
• fiars 8
• fiats 8
• first 8
• foist 8
• forts 8
• fours 8
• frats 8
• frits 8
• frost 8
• fruit 8
• rafts 8
• rifts 8
• sofar 8
• softa 8
• tofus 8
• tufas 8
• turfs 8
• actor 7
• arcus 7
• ascot 7
• auric 7
• carts 7
• coast 7
• coati 7
• coats 7
• coirs 7
• coria 7
• costa 7
• court 7
• crust 7
• curia 7
• curio 7
• curst 7
• cutis 7
• ictus 7
• orcas 7
• scart 7
• scaur 7
• scour 7
• scout 7
• scuta 7
• stoic 7
• tacos 7
• taroc 7
• torcs 7
• toric 7
• triac 7
• airts 5
• astir 5
• auris 5
• autos 5
• iotas 5
• ostia 5
• ratio 5
• ratos 5

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