fractious

English

Etymology

From fraction("discord", now obsolete) + -ous

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈfræk.ʃəs/

Adjective

fractious (comparative more fractious, superlative most fractious)

1. given to troublemaking
2. irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Smith, Elder & Company, London, page 228,

     …in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.

Translations

given to troublemaking

German: aufsässig (de), zänkisch (de), verdrießlich (de), wiederspenstig (de), mürrisch (de), störrisch (de)

Spanish: quisquilloso (es)

irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome

German: aufsässig (de), zänkisch (de), verdrießlich (de), wiederspenstig (de), mürrisch (de), störrisch (de)

Spanish: quisquilloso (es)

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• Bulgarian: раздразнителен

Derived terms

• fractiously
• fractiousness