✅ Recalcitrant means not obedient or compliant, or resisting authority or control (a recalcitrant teenager who broke the rules on purpose).

✅ Fractious means unruly and hard to manage or control (a fractious group of bullies).

✅ Fractious and recalcitrant have similar meanings. Both of them describe things that are hard to manage or disobedient.

✅ However, fractious emphasizes unruliness, whereas recalcitrant emphasizes a lack of obedience or respect for authority.

Describe a fractious debate with the help of these synonyms.

✅ Gruff describes a rough and grumpy manner (She gave a gruff reply to his question).

✅ Brusque describes an abrupt or rough manner (The manager was particularly brusque today).

✅ Gruff and brusque have similar meanings.

✅ However, gruff emphasizes a grumpy or surly attitude, whereas brusque emphasizes bluntness.

Write about a brusque teacher with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Sentimental describes someone or something that is expressive of tender feelings, especially love, pity, and nostalgia (a sentimental card; We got a little sentimental about the end of our favorite show).

✅ Saccharine describes something that is excessively sentimental (a saccharine love song).

✅ Sentimental and saccharine have similar meanings and are both often used in a negative way.

✅ However, saccharine has more of a negative connotation than sentimental (He greeted us with a saccharine smile that made us feel uneasy).

Write a saccharine poem with the help of Grammar Coach.