9 Letter Words for Fractious
fractious
8 Letter Words for Fractious
cotarius, factious, octarius
7 Letter Words for Fractious
actious, auctors, carious, coriaus, cuatros, curiosa, factors, faitors, farcist, fautors, fictors, fistuca, forcats, foutras, fractus, fruicts, furiosa, isocrat, sautoir, surcoat, suricat, sutoria, turacos, turcois, urticas
6 Letter Words for Fractious
acorus, actors, afrits, aorist, aortic, aristo, artics, artois, atrous, auctor, aurist, cafuso, castor, castro, cautio, citrus, coatis, coitus, corita, costar, costia, courts, crafts, crista, crofts, crouts, crufts, crusta, cuarto, cuatro, curats, curias, curios, factis, factor, faitor, fascio, fautor, fiasco, fictor, forcat, forcut, fortis, fouats, foutra, fracti, fracts, fraist, frasco, frisca, frisco, froust, fruict, fruits, furoic, fustic, fustoc, icarus, isotac, ostrca, oturia, racist, ratios, rictus, rosita, rustic, satori, scoria, scotia, scrota, scrout, scruft, scruto, souari, soucar, soutar, suitor, tarocs, tauric, torics, triacs, tsouic, turaco, tursio, uratic, urtica
5 Letter Words for Fractious
acost, acris, actor, actos, actus, afrit, afros, airts, aitus, aotus, arcus, ariot, arist, arius, artic, artou, artus, ascot, astir, astor, atocs, atour, auric, auris, autor, autos, cairo, carot, carts, carus, catso, catur, ciaos, cista, citua, coart, coast, coati, coats, coifs, coirs, coits, coria, corta, costa, cours, court, craft, crits, crius, croat, croft, crois, crosa, crost, crout, cruft, crust, cuifs, cuits, curas, curat, curfs, curia, curio, cursi, cutis, facit, facto, facts, fairs, faits, farci, fario, faros, farsi, farts, fasci, fasti, fator, fatso, faust, fiars, fiats, ficos, ficus, firca, first, focus, foist, forts, fotui, fouat, fours, fract, frati, frats, fraus, frisa, frist, frits, frost, fruit, frust, furca, furos, ictus, iotas, irous, isort, oaric, octas, orcas, orcus, oscar, ostia, ousia, outas, outra, rafts, raits, ratio, ratos, ratus, rifts, riots, ritsu, ritus, roast, rocta, roist, rosit, rosti, rotas, rotis, roust, routs, rusot, rutic, sacro, sarif, scarf, scart, scaur, scaut, scour, scout, scrat, scrit, scruf, scuft, scurf, scuta, siafu, sifac, siroc, sitao, sitar, sofar, sofia, softa, sorta, souct, sruti, staio, stair, stoai, stoic, stria, surat, sutor, sutra, tacos, tacso, taroc, taros, tarsi, tasco, tiars, tisar, tofus, torcs, toric, torus, tosca, tours, triac, trias, trica, trifa, trios, troca, troic, trois, tufas, turco, turfs, turio, uraos, utica
4 Letter Words for Fractious
acor, acts, actu, acus, afro, airs, airt, aits, aitu, arco, arcs, arfs, aris, arts, arui, asci, asio, asor, astr, atis, atoc, aufs, auto, cair, carf, cars, cart, cast, cats, cauf, caus, ciao, cira, cist, cito, cits, coat, coft, coif, coir, coit, cora, corf, cors, cort, cost, cots, coua, cour, cris, crit, crts, crus, crut, cuif, cuir, cuit, cura, curf, curs, curt, cust, cuts, fact, fair, fait, faro, fars, fart, fasc, fast, fats, faut, fiar, fiat, fica, fico, fict, firs, fisc, fist, fits, fort, fots, four, fous, fras, frat, frau, fris, frit, fros, frot, fuci, furo, furs, fusc, fust, icao, iocs, iota, itas, oafs, oars, oast, oats, ocas, octa, oras, orca, orcs, orfs, orts, osar, otic, otis, otus, ours, oust, outa, outr, outs, raft, rais, rait, rast, rato, rats, ratu, rias, rifs, rift, riot, risc, rist, rita, rits, rocs, roit, rosa, rost, rota, rotc, roti, rots, roua, rous, rout, rucs, rusa, rust, ruta, ruts, saco, saft, saic, sair, sari, sart, sati, sauf, saur, saut, scar, scat, scot, scur, scut, sift, sita, situ, soar, soca, sofa, soft, soir, sora, sori, sort, sour, sout, srac, star, stir, stoa, stof, stor, stra, suci, sufi, suit, sura, surf, taco, tais, taos, tari, taro, tars, tasu, taur, taus, tiao, tiar, tics, tocs, tofu, torc, tori, tors, toru, tosa, tour, trac, trio, tsia, tufa, tuis, turf, ufos, urao, uria, uric, ursa, usar, utai, utas, utis
3 Letter Words for Fractious
act, aft, air, ais, ait, aor, arc, arf, ars, art, aru, ast, auf, caf, cai, car, cat, cfi, cfs, cia, cif, cir, cis, cit, cor, cos, cot, cro, crs, crt, cru, csi, cst, ctf, cto, ctr, cts, cur, cut, fac, fao, far, fas, fat, fcs, fir, fit, for, fot, fou, fra, fri, fro, frs, frt, fur, fut, iao, ifc, ifs, iof, ios, iou, ira, irs, iso, ist, ita, its, oaf, oar, oas, oat, oca, oct, oft, ois, ora, orc, orf, ors, ort, osi, otc, ouf, oui, our, ous, out, raf, rai, ras, rat, rct, rfs, ria, rif, rio, rit, roc, roi, ros, rot, rti, ruc, rut, sac, sai, sao, sar, sat, sau, scf, sci, scr, sct, sic, sif, sir, sit, soc, sot, sou, sri, sta, str, suf, sui, sur, tai, tao, tar, tas, tau, tfr, tic, tis, tiu, toa, toc, toi, tor, tos, tou, tra, trf, tri, trs, tsi, tua, tui, tur, uca, ufa, ufo, ufs, uit, ura, urf, urs, usa, ust, uta, utc, uti, uts
Definitions for Fractious
[1] refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
[2] readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man.
[3] irritable
[4] unruly
Words related to Fractious
testy, unruly, recalcitrant, irritable, unmanageable, restive, awkward, captious, crabby, disorderly, fretful, froward, huffy, indomitable, intractable, mean, ornery, peevish, perverse, petulant
Words nearby Fractious
fractionate, fractionating column, fractionation, fractionator, fractionize, fractious, fractocumulus, fractostratus, fractur, fracture, fracture by contrecoup
Origin of Fractious
First recorded in 1715–25; fracti(on) + -ous
Words that may be confused with Fractious
factional, factious, fractious
Other words from Fractious
frac·tious·ly , adverb
frac·tious·ness , noun
un·frac·tious , adjective
un·frac·tious·ly , adverb
un·frac·tious·ness , noun
Word origin for Fractious
C18: from (obsolete) fraction discord + -ous
Synonyms for Fractious
irritable, recalcitrant, restive, testy, unmanageable, unruly, awkward, captious, crabby, disorderly, fretful, froward, huffy, indocile, indomitable, intractable, mean, ornery, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, querulous, refractory, scrappy, snappish, thin-skinned, touchy, uncompliant, undisciplined, wayward, wild