Synonyms: fractious
Definition: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
Usage: rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas; fractious components of a communication system
Similar words: difficult, hard
Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Usage: a difficult task; nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access; difficult times; why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
Synonyms: fractious, cranky, scratchy, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, nettlesome, techy, testy, tetchy
Definition: easily irritated or annoyed
Usage: an incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Similar words: ill-natured
Definition: having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
Synonyms: fractious, recalcitrant, refractory
Definition: stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Usage: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness; a refractory child
Similar words: disobedient
Definition: not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
Usage: disobedient children