D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Fractious

/frăk'-shəs/ · Frac·tious · IPA /ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/
01 a. Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
  1. 1.
    Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.