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díscolo • fraccionado • molestoso • problemático • quisquilloso • revoltoso
Given to troublemaking.
1835 James Kirke Paulding: The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan Now when the fractious little Beau Napperty heard that Bull had sent over his tenantry to commit…
belicoso • conflictivo • desobediente • fastidioso • irritante • quisquilloso • rebelde
Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
1841 Western Farmer and Gardener, Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Rural Economy. Ed. Thomas Affleck. vol. II. Oct. 1840 to Sept. 1841. Fractious boys should be taught to…
[…] to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.
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