| adjective | stubbornly resistant to authority or control “a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness” |
| adjective | easily irritated or annoyed “an incorrigibly fractious young man” |
| adjective | unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome “rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas” |
| fractiousness | noun | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
| refractoriness | noun | the trait of being unmanageable |
| crank | noun | a bad-tempered person |
| crankiness | noun | a fussy and eccentric disposition |
| irritability | noun | an irritable petulant feeling |
| peevishness | noun | an irritable petulant feeling |
| pettishness | noun | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger |
| petulance | noun | an irritable petulant feeling |
| testiness | noun | feeling easily irritated |
| tetchiness | noun | feeling easily irritated |