fractious

(s) stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
- a refractory child
recalcitrant, refractory,
(s) easily irritated or annoyed
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, cranky, nettlesome, peckish, scratchy,
(s) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
- rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
- fractious components of a communication system

recalcitrant refractory irritable peevish pettish petulant techy testy tetchy cranky nettlesome peckish scratchy

fraction

fractiously fractiousness