factious
/ˈfækʃəs/
factious adjective: of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
Adjective
factious (comparative more factious, superlative most factious)
- Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
- Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
- I heard that she left off powder, patches, and rouge, for a month when his third consort died, and he grew religious—whether out of grief or gratitude, I never heard; then she grew factious, for the sake of your own King, and thought to strew the way to the altar with straws instead of flowers. I...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 230
factious meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
factious in Bengali
- দলাদলিপ্রবণ, বিভেদ সৃষ্টি করে
factious in Malayalam
- split, dvided, schismatic
- വിമത, വിഭാഗീയ, വിമതകക്ഷിയായ, ഛിദ്രവാസനയുള്ള, കലഹശീലമുള്ള, അടങ്ങാത്ത
Forms of factious
| comparative | more factious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most factious |
Origin of factious
From Latin factiosus (“divisive; inclined to separate”); derivative of factio.
Words formed from factious
Words that rhyme with factious
Questions about factious
- What does factious mean?
- Factious means of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
- What is factious in Bengali?
- Factious in Bengali is দলাদলিপ্রবণ, বিভেদ সৃষ্টি করে. See Factious meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is factious?
- Factious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce factious?
- Factious is pronounced /ˈfækʃəs/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: factious (page history and authors); Factious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); factious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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