fractious
IPA: frˈækʃʌs
adjective
- Given to troublemaking.
- Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
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Examples of "fractious" in Sentences
- The man had a highly fractious personality.
- However, he struggled to control his fractious nobles.
- The fractious relations with Mrs. Pilkington were published.
- The history of communism in India has been rather fractious.
- This is a fractious issue, and has been as long as I can remember.
- Fractious editors like Pixel would be well advised to do the same.
- Maybe they were naive on the fractious nature of Mid East diplomacy.
- Their relationship is described as 'fractious and sometimes maudlin'.
- The aim was to unite the fractious labour movement into a cohesive force.
- This kind of debate is fractious, bitter, divisive and completely pointless.