fractious
pronunciation
How to pronounce fractious in British English:
UK [ˈfrækʃəs]
How to pronounce fractious in American English:
US [ˈfrækʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- easily irritated or annoyed
- unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
Word Origin
- fractious (adj.)
- "apt to quarrel," 1725, from fraction in an obsolete sense of "a brawling, discord" (c. 1500) + -ous; probably on model of captious. Related: Fractiously; fractiousness.
Example
- 1. To make that promise credible , syria 's fractious opposition must unite .
- 2. As a result , a generally atomised , sometimes fractious place seemed to cohere .
- 3. When it comes to rebuffing china 's exports , america 's fractious legislature is as harmonious as the chinese one .
- 4. China and korea 's political elites have found it endlessly useful to bang the nationalist drum to unite potentially fractious populations against their old enemy .
- 5. American politics has always been fractious ; that is part of its strength . Checks and balances prevent abuse of power and compel compromise .