fractious
irritable and inclined to cause trouble or quarrel
Word origin: From Latin frangere, to break, via fraction.
Fractious in a sentence
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The fractious coalition collapsed within months of taking power.
The coalition grew so fractious that even routine votes dissolved into shouting matches.
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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “fractious” well
Fractious describes both individuals who are irritable and quarrelsome and groups that are unruly and hard to control. It blends bad temper with a tendency to resist cooperation.
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a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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