Antonyms for factious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fak-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæk ʃəs

Definition of factious

Origin : 1530s, from Middle French factieux and directly from Latin factiosus "partisan, seditious, inclined to form parties," from factionem (see faction).

adj conflicting, warring

Example sentences :

Faction and its adjective, factious, have always an unfavorable sense.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

Among his eulogists, of course, is not the factious Captain Ratcliffe.
Extract from : « Captain John Smith » by Charles Dudley Warner

Orford appears to have been rough, turbulent, factious, and shallow.
Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. » by Tobias Smollett

O when will God deliver his poor church from factious deceivers?
Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard

In all which time, you, and your husband Grey, were factious for the house of Lancaster.
Extract from : « Cambridge » by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker

But they are factious and desperate, and would invade us if they were not checked.
Extract from : « A Noble Queen (Volume II of III) » by Philip Meadows Taylor

Reports came to his ears of a rebellious and factious spirit in the south.
Extract from : « Venice and its Story » by Thomas Okey

For the rest, this is a ragged and factious town, now swarming with sectaries.
Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn (Vol 1 of 2) » by John Evelyn

Lieber Gott, said I, these are thieves, these are factious; and so they were.
Extract from : « The Bible in Spain » by George Borrow

At the dead of night we were aroused from our sleep by a cry that the factious were not far off.
Extract from : « The Bible in Spain » by George Borrow

Synonyms for factious

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