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fractiousness

fractiousness noun: the quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.

Noun

fractiousness (uncountable)

  1. The 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. A peevish or cranky nature.

Origin of fractiousness

From fractious + -ness.

Questions about fractiousness

What does fractiousness mean?
Fractiousness means the quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
What part of speech is fractiousness?
Fractiousness is a noun.

Words near fractiousness in the dictionary

  1. fractionizes
  2. fractionizing
  3. fractions
  4. fractious
  5. fractiously
  6. fractiousness
  7. fractitious
  8. fracto-
  9. fractoemission
  10. fractoemissions
  11. fractogram

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