What is a fractious behavior?

: tending to be troublesome : unruly. a fractious crowd. : quarrelsome, irritable.
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What is another word for fractious mean?

1 stubborn, difficult. 2 testy, captious, petulant, snappish, pettish, waspish, touchy.
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What does fractious mean in a relationship?

: full of anger and disagreement. a fractious relationship.
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What does fractious mean in vocabulary?

If you're prone to picking fights, making snarky comments, and being frustratingly stubborn, you're fractious. And odds are you're not invited to too many parties. Someone who is fractious is cranky, rebellious and inclined to cause problems.
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How do you use the word fractious?

Nancy was in a fractious mood. The children were predictably fractious.
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What's a factious?

Definitions of factious. adjective. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) synonyms: dissentious, divisive discordant. not in agreement or harmony.
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What is the literal meaning of factious?

: inclined to faction or the formation of factions. : seditious.
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Is it factious or fractious?

Factious means "characterized by dissent and internal disputes." A factious group is liable to split off into factions. Fractious means "irritable," "quarrelsome," "ill-tempered."
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What part of speech is fractious?

FRACTIOUS (adjective) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.
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Where does the word fractious come from?

fractious (adj.)

"apt to quarrel," 1725, from fraction in an obsolete sense of "a brawling, discord" (c. 1500) + -ous; probably on model of captious. Related: Fractiously; fractiousness.
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What is stonewalling in dating?

In simple terms, stonewalling is when someone completely shuts down in a conversation or is refusing to communicate with another person.
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What is the antonym of fractious?

(typically of children) Opposite of irritable and quarrelsome. affable. agreeable. amiable. biddable.
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How do you remember the meaning of fractious?

f + RACTIOUS -> RACTIOUS sounds like RAKSHAS(like Raavan) -> RAKSHAS' are easily irritated.
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What does fractious mean for kids?

easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining: a fractious child.
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What is the meaning of fractious in Oxford dictionary?

/ˈfrækʃəs/ 1bad-tempered or easily upset, especially by small things synonym irritable Children often get fractious when they're tired. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
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Can a person be factious?

Factitious disorder is a serious mental disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick or by self-injury. Factitious disorder also can happen when family members or caregivers falsely present others, such as children, as being ill, injured or impaired.
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What is the synonym of facetious?

Some common synonyms of facetious are humorous, jocose, jocular, and witty.
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What is a sentence for factious?

This system was not designed with the operation of parties in mind, as they had been thought disreputable and factious. Goad's friends protested against his dismissal as the work of a factious party. He thought the people striving for freedom would be purchased back into factious vassalage.
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What is the difference between fictitious and factitious?

Factitious describes something that is contrived even though it is based on fact. Fictional describes a made-up story intended to entertain. Fictitious is the broadest term of the four and refers to anything fake. Fictive is “inventive with a certain creativity to make a point”, to stand out ( Perlman ).
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Is fatuous an insult?

If you describe a person, action, or remark as fatuous, you think that they are extremely silly, showing a lack of intelligence or thought.
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Does factious mean fake?

Factitious, pronounced "fac-TISH-us," means "fake," like a factitious compliment you give the person who cooked you an awful meal — you don't mean it, but you say it anyway, just to be nice.
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What is a sentence for facetious?

Examples: Facetious in a sentence Helena doesn't like Leo because he made a facetious remark at her wedding. Throughout the meeting, Noah kept making facetious comments. I wasn't being facetious when I said I liked your sense of style.
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What do you call a person who corrupts?

Some common synonyms of corrupt are degenerate, iniquitous, nefarious, vicious, and villainous.
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