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fractiousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness |
| Type of | intractability, intractableness |
| Has types | contrariness, perverseness, perversity, wildness |
| Derivation | fractious |
Examples of fractiousness
fractiousness
Yes, fractiousness can lend a certain excitement to sporting confrontations.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He has to get on the front foot metaphorically too, and curb his side's fractiousness.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In the first place, much of the fractiousness in the House of Commons will dissipate.
From the economist.com
Analysts say the fractiousness isn't likely to disappear anytime soon.
From the kansas.com
Hitto overshadowed, for now, the fractiousness that has troubled the opposition coalition.
From the nytimes.com
Bosnian politics, previously calm, promptly lapsed into fractiousness.
From the economist.com
And India takes heart from the weakness and fractiousness of local leaders in Srinagar.
From the economist.com
That fractiousness at the level of the Cabinet got amplified at the level of administration.
From the online.wsj.com
In part, such fractiousness is a natural consequence of coalition.
From the independent.co.uk
- Unruliness: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
- A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to him or her, to a greater degree than others may find it.
- The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness; A peevish or cranky nature
