Fractious vs. Fracas

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

Fracasnoun

A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.

Fracasnoun

An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.

Fracasnoun

noisy quarrel