Synonyms for fractious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : frak-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræk ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for fractious Other synonyms for the word fractious
Définition of fractious
Origin :- 1725, from fraction in an obsolete sense of "a brawling, discord" (c.1500) + -ous; probably on model of captious. Related: Fractiously; fractiousness.
- adj grouchy, cross
- Correy mooned around the Arpan sub-base like a fractious child.
- Extract from : « The Terror from the Depths » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
- His voice had a fractious tone, as if he combated an unseen tyrant.
- Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown
- I'll break you to pieces, James H., if you are fractious; and I've got the weapons to do it with.
- Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
- You are old enough to know better, and yet you behave like a fractious child.
- Extract from : « Menhardoc » by George Manville Fenn
- There's a tray for each, of course; but a ball dress is such a fractious thing.
- Extract from : « Moods » by Louisa May Alcott
- Here, too, is where the fractious cadets are placed in durance.
- Extract from : « Pike & Cutlass » by George Gibbs
- Noel and I will soon be good friends; it is only the fever makes him fractious.
- Extract from : « Mollie's Prince » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- She felt like a fractious child, out of sorts, out of gear, out of temper.
- Extract from : « Mammon and Co. » by E. F. Benson
- They had not bread to quiet the fractious hunger cries of their children.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of John R. Young » by John Young
- The wives to be left here are becoming disconsolate and fractious.
- Extract from : « Up the Country » by Emily Eden
Antonyms for fractious
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