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    fractious

    fractious - Dictionary definition and meaning for word fractious

    Definition
    (adj) stubbornly resistant to authority or control
    Synonyms : recalcitrant , refractory
    Example Sentence
    • a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
    • a refractory child
    Definition
    (adj) easily irritated or annoyed
    Example Sentence
    • an incorrigibly fractious young man
    • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
    Definition
    (adj) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
    Example Sentence
    • rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
    • fractious components of a communication system
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fractious

those who get their limbs get fractured...gets annoyed or bad tempered by taking bed rest for long

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f + RACTIOUS -> RACTIOUS sounds like RAKSHAS(like Raavan) -> RAKSHAS' are easily irritated

14        8

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when u get a fracture, u get cranky,irksome

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fractious(FRACTURE TO US) - one who causes fracture to others is unruly...

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it takes a fraction of a second for the rakshas to get angry...

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Fractious - jo phracture karwa sake! like an unruly horse.. gira toh haddi tuti!

0        9

when a person is fractured he/she complains about it and is annoyed i.e. is fractious

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if u r frACTious, u tend to ACT up and r very contrary

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The class became fractious when it was rumored that fractions would be on the test.

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chilla kyun raha hai.. dimaag main fracture hai kya.. kuch samjhta hi nahi.. kaisa fractious ladka hai!!

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text: always been fractious and kind of always
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