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Meaning of "fractious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRACTIOUS

From (obsolete) fraction discord + -ous.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FRACTIOUS

fractious  [ˈfrækʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRACTIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fractious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FRACTIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pet peeve

A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to themselves, to a greater degree than others may find it.

Definition of fractious in the English dictionary

The definition of fractious in the dictionary is irritable. Other definition of fractious is unruly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRACTIOUS


anxious
ˈæŋkʃəs
compunctious
kəmˈpʌŋkʃəs
contradictious
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃəs
factious
ˈfækʃəs
infectious
ɪnˈfɛkʃəs
innoxious
ɪˈnɒkʃəs
noninfectious
ˌnɒnɪnˈfekʃəs
noxious
ˈnɒkʃəs
obnoxious
əbˈnɒkʃəs
overanxious
ˌəʊvərˈæŋkʃəs
rambunctious
ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs
ructious
ˈrʌkʃəs
rumbunctious
rʌmˈbʌŋkʃəs
unanxious
ʌnˈæŋkʃəs
unobnoxious
ʌnəbˈnɒkʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRACTIOUS

fractional crystallization
fractional currency
fractional distillation
fractional note
fractionalise
fractionalism
fractionalist
fractionally
fractionary
fractionate
fractionating column
fractionation
fractionator
fractionisation
fractionise
fractionization
fractionize
fractionlet
fractiously
fractiousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRACTIOUS

ambitious
captious
cautious
conscientious
contentious
expeditious
facetious
factitious
fictitious
flirtatious
nutritious
ostentatious
pretentious
previous
scrumptious
superstitious
tendentious
tortious
unambitious
unpretentious
vexatious

Synonyms and antonyms of fractious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FRACTIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fractious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fractious

Translation of «fractious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRACTIOUS

Find out the translation of fractious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fractious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fractious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

撒娇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

díscola
570 millions of speakers

English

fractious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झगड़ालू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنقسم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капризная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fractious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝগড়াটে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hargneux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pecah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

widerspenstig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気難しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성 마른
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fractious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hay cau có
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முரண்டு பிடிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भ्रामक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

huysuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

litigioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krnąbrny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

примхлива
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fractious
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εριστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lastig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fractious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fractious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRACTIOUS»

The term «fractious» is regularly used and occupies the 101.034 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRACTIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fractious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fractious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fractious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRACTIOUS»

Discover the use of fractious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fractious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fractious
Why should we be surprised when Guy meets a dragon, a beautiful not-quite-maiden, and an evil wizard in his travels?Guy Fractious may be a dork, but he's not dumb enough to pass up a chance for an adventure, even if his sidekick is a little ...
Carrie Lynn Barker, 2010
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The Fractious Nation?: Unity and Division in Contemporary ...
"This collection of essays offers a bracing challenge to widely held beliefs about cultural and political fragmentation in the United States today.
Jonathan Rieder, Stephen Steinlight, 2003
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Fractious
London in the 1980's drugs and prostitution are rife and to survive you have to be one hard hearted bastard with eye's in the back of your head.
Debbie Graham, 2008
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Fairies, Fractious Women, and the Old Faith: Fairy Lore in ...
Fairies, unruly women, and vestigial Catholicism constituted a frequently invoked triad in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century drama which has seldom been critically examined and therefore constitutes a significant lacuna in ...
Regina Buccola, 2006
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A Fierce and Fractious Frontier: The Curious Development of ...
This volume is a result of that collaboration and consists of ten essays on the history and culture of this unique territory.
Samuel C. Hyde, 2004
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Fixing the Future: How Canada's Usually Fractious ...
Bruce Little explains the CPP overhaul and shows why it stands as one of Canada's most significant public policy success stories, in part because it demanded an almost unparalleled degree of federal-provincial co-operation.
Bruce Little, 2008
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Bleeding Optimist: A Work in Fractious Prose
The whole world's looking for a scandal, and any sordid tale will do . This story of 'suspense but no consequence' counterposes a comic love tragedy with the spectacular news of our day : the OJ/Nicole story, the Oklahoma City bombing.
Mary Burger, 1995
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The Golden Apples: Fractious Fables of the Bush Kingdom
The harvests of golden apples fall only into the gardens of the princely CEO's, and the people stage the Boston T party.
Anne Wallace, 2004
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The Federalist Society and Movement Conservatism: How a ...
I conclude that the Federalists deserve commendation for their efforts to engage intellectually with their opponents and with the many factions on the right.
Jonathan Riehl, 2007
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Civil Society and Political Change in Asia: Expanding and ...
The. Philippines. Fractious. Civil. Society. and. Competing. Visions. of. Democracy. JENNIFER C. FRANCO Contemporary post-Marcos Philippine civil society is a large and complex sphere of public action filled with a variety of associations ...
Muthiah Alagappa, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRACTIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fractious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Europe needs a solution - there are plenty of other problems over …
Six months of fractious negotiations between Greece and its creditors was always going to expose the limits of the common-currency eurozone. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
US rights group NAACP ends South Carolina boycott
After a long and fractious debate, a bill calling for the flag to be taken down was signed on Thursday by Republican Governor Nikki Haley. «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
How Hereford FC rose from United's ashes with help from Manchester
During a fractious and occasionally deeply unpleasant period the club was passed to a company, Alpha Finance, specialising in “distressed ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Harper Lee's new novel is a story of lost innocence
Scout is no longer the tomboy we know from “Mockingbird,” but has transformed from an “overalled, fractious, gun-slinging creature into a ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 am EDT
Scout is no longer the tomboy we know from "Mockingbird," but has transformed from an "overalled, fractious, gun-slinging creature into a ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
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Greek debt: why the eurozone crisis is just part of our long struggle …
Across an ever-fractious political spectrum, he has been applauded for putting his country before his party. In the event of financial rescue, the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Understanding the US talking points on the Iranian nuclear deal
... while holding together an increasingly fractious coalition of countries joining them in the negotiations and also ratcheting up pressure on Iran. «CNN International, Jul 15»
8
Kids save the day in 'What We Did on Our Holiday'
The fractious family is off on a holiday to Scotland for the birthday celebration of Doug's father, Gordie (Billy Connolly). Although mom and dad ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
9
Yemen VP arrives in Egypt for talks
Fractious Yemen has remained in turmoil since last September, when the Houthis overran capital Sanaa, from which the group has since ... «www.worldbulletin.net, Jul 15»
10
The Afghan cauldron
... weeks pass after the departure of foreign forces from Afghanistan, it is ever clearer that the Afghan Taliban, in all of their fractious iterations, ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

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