Factious vs. Fractious

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Factiousadjective

Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.

Factiousadjective

Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.

Factiousadjective

Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; - said of persons.

Factiousadjective

Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; - said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.

Factiousadjective

dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

Factiousadjective

relating or inclined to dissension

Fractiousadjective

given to troublemaking

Fractiousadjective

irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome

Fractiousadjective

Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

Fractiousadjective

stubbornly resistant to authority or control;

Fractiousadjective

easily irritated or annoyed;

Fractiousadjective

unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome;

Fractiousadjective

(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome

Fractiousadjective

(of a group or organization) difficult to control; unruly

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