Synonyms for fractiousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : frak-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræk ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for fractiousness
Définition of fractiousness
Origin :- 1725, from fraction in an obsolete sense of "a brawling, discord" (c.1500) + -ous; probably on model of captious. Related: Fractiously; fractiousness.
- noun unruliness
- Not once was there any indication of fractiousness on the part of Gov'ner.
- Extract from : « The Long Dim Trail » by Forrestine C. Hooker
- Bin livin' so high lately that you had to have a fight to work off your fractiousness?
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- To some extent her fractiousness was due to natural reaction after the emotional excitement of the previous evening.
- Extract from : « The Lamp of Fate » by Margaret Pedler
- Ten beds, and only one occupied, by a freckled, tousled quintessence of fractiousness in a blue wrapper.
- Extract from : « Pippin; A Wandering Flame » by Laura E. Richards
- Perhaps this sort of fractiousness is the usual sign of approaching illness with children.
- Extract from : « Letters of Two Brides » by Honore de Balzac
- "Why, I depended on seeing Mr. Oldfield," said he, with the fractiousness of a man recently ill.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- He feared the antagonism of the officers might be aroused, in which event we should be made to suffer for our fractiousness.
- Extract from : « Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons » by Henry Charles Mahoney
- Even the most valuable and expensive pet may become a vexation if it is continually showing ill-temper and fractiousness.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare
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