fractious

adj 1: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious

animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a

refractory child" [syn: {refractory}]

2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious

young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

[syn: {cranky}, {irritable}, {nettlesome}, {peevish}, {peckish},

{pettish}, {petulant}, {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]

3: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be

troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested

near thigkly populated areas"; "fractious components of a

communication system"