Word of the Day - Fractious

[debodun]

Fractious (adjective) - readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome; stubborn; difficult; testy.

The daycare supervisor was flustered with fractious toddlers not wanting to take naps.

 

[StarSong]

Customers' presumption that they're always right and retailers with a very different opinion, lead to fractious encounters where the customer storm off in a huff and the retailers mutter, "good riddance" as they leave.