frac·tious (fr k sh s)adj. 1. Inclined to make trouble; unruly. 2. Having a peevish nature; cranky. [From fraction, discord (obsolete).] frac tious·ly adv.frac tious·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  fractiousness - the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of disciplineintractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control contrariness, perverseness, perversity - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline wildness - an unruly disposition to do as one pleases; "Liza had always had a tendency to wildness"; "the element of wildness in his behavior was a protest against repressive convention" |
Translations
fractiousness
n → Verdrießlichkeit f; (of child) → Aufsässigkeit f
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