fractiousness

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noun

The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.

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unrulinesswillfulnesswilfulness
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Meanings

nounfractiousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.

    His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.

    1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN
  2. uncountableA peevish or cranky nature.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline

Similar
unrulinesswillfulnesswilfulness
Broader
intractabilityintractableness
Also see
unrulinesswilfulness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From fractious + -ness.

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APA

fractiousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractiousness

MLA

“fractiousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractiousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fractiousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fractiousness.

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