" fractious "

1: given to disagreement or irritation;

  * e.g., " ... At the end of what was a fractious campaign, the two former rivals were surprisingly able to settle some of their differences and work together. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  feisty,

•  surly,

•  argumentative,

•  contentious,

•  controversial,

•  disputatious,

•  polemical,

•  quarrelsome,

•  scrappy,

•  aggressive,

•  bellicose,

•  belligerent,

•  combative,

•  gladiatorial,

•  militant,

•  pugnacious,

•  truculent,

•  warlike,

•  balky,

•  contrary,

•  ornery,

•  perverse,

•  restive,

•  wayward,

•  disobedient,

•  froward,

•  insubordinate,

•  intractable,

•  recalcitrant,

•  refractory,

•  hardheaded,

•  headstrong,

•  mulish,

•  obdurate,

•  obstinate,

•  pigheaded,

•  resistant,

•  self-opinionated,

•  self-willed,

•  stubborn,

•  unbending,

•  uncompromising,

•  uncooperative,

•  unreasonable,

•  unyielding,

•  willful,

•  acidic,

•  bearish,

•  bilious,

•  cantankerous,

•  captious,

•  choleric,

•  crabby,

•  cranky,

•  cross,

•  disagreeable,

•  dyspeptic,

•  fretful,

•  grouchy,

•  grumpy,

•  huffy,

•  ill-humored,

•  ill-natured,

•  ill-tempered,

•  irascible,

•  irritable,

•  peevish,

•  pettish,

•  petulant,

•  querulous,

•  rude,

•  snappish,

•  snappy,

•  splenetic,

•  testy,

•  touchy,

•  waspish,

•  battling,

•  fighting,

•  warring

•  Antonyms : 

•  affable,

•  amiable,

•  amicable,

•  benevolent,

•  cordial,

•  easygoing,

•  friendly,

•  genial,

•  good-natured,

•  good-tempered,

•  gracious,

•  ingratiating,

•  pleasant,

•  sociable,

•  pacific,

•  peaceable,

•  peaceful,

•  acquiescent,

•  agreeable,

•  amenable,

•  complaisant,

•  compliant,

•  complying,

•  conciliatory,

•  cooperative,

•  obliging,

•  docile,

•  obedient,

•  submissive,

•  tractable

2: difficult to manage or control;

  * e.g., " ... Security guards were overwhelmed by the fractious crowd at the concert. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  restive,

•  uncontrollable,

•  unmanageable,

•  wild,

•  noncooperative,

•  balky,

•  contrary,

•  contumacious,

•  defiant,

•  disobedient,

•  froward,

•  incompliant,

•  insubordinate,

•  intractable,

•  obstreperous,

•  rebel,

•  rebellious,

•  recalcitrant,

•  recusant,

•  refractory,

•  ungovernable,

•  unruly,

•  untoward,

•  wayward,

•  willful,

•  hardheaded,

•  headstrong,

•  mulish,

•  obdurate,

•  obstinate,

•  pigheaded,

•  resistant,

•  self-opinionated,

•  self-willed,

•  stubborn,

•  unbending,

•  uncompromising,

•  uncooperative,

•  unreasonable,

•  unyielding,

•  bad,

•  disorderly,

•  errant,

•  misbehaving,

•  mischievous,

•  monkeying,

•  monkeyish,

•  naughty,

•  undisciplined

•  Antonyms : 

•  acquiescent,

•  agreeable,

•  amiable,

•  cooperative,

•  deferential,

•  obliging,

•  yielding,

•  behaved,

•  disciplined,

•  well-bred,

•  courteous,

•  dutiful,

•  polite,

•  respectful,

•  kowtowing,

•  obsequious,

•  servile,

•  slavish,

•  subservient,

•  decorous,

•  mannerly,

•  orderly,

•  proper,

•  controllable,

•  governable,

•  manageable,

•  trainable,

•  amenable,

•  biddable,

•  compliant,

•  conformable,

•  docile,

•  obedient,

•  ruly,

•  submissive,

•  tractable