fractious

Adjective
  1. Stubbornly resistant to authority or control (synset 301618681)
    "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
    similar to: disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
    same as: recalcitrant, refractory
  2. Easily irritated or annoyed (synset 301140041)
    "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
    similar to: ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
    same as: cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
  3. Unpredictably difficult in operation;
    Likely to be troublesome (synset 300750839)
    "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"
    similar to: difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

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