(a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

adversary adversative adverse alien antagonistic anti antipathetic antithetic at odds averse bearish beyond control bitchy breachy cankered cantankerous churlish clashing competitive complaining con conflicting contradictory contrary contumacious counter crabbed cranky cross cross-grained crusty cursory cussed defiant differing disaccordant disagreeable disagreeing disinclined disobedient disputatious disputing dissentient dissenting enemy excitable feisty forced fretful hostile huffish huffy impatient of control incorrigible indisposed indocile indomitable inimical insuppressible intractable involuntary irascible irrepressible irritable mean mutinous negative noncooperative objecting obstinate obstreperous obstructive on the barricades opponent opposed opposing opposite oppositional oppositive oppugnant ornery out of hand overthwart peevish perfunctory perverse pettish petulant proof against protesting querulous rebellious recalcitrant refractory reluctant renitent repellent repugnant resistant resisting resistive restive retardant retardative rival shrewish snappish spiteful spleeny splenetic sulky sullen testy ugly unbiddable unconsenting uncontrollable uncooperative undisciplined unfavorable unfriendly ungovernable unmalleable unmanageable unmoldable unpropitious unruly unsubmissive unwilling unyielding up in arms waspish wild withstanding