| Main Entry: |
factious |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
conflicting, warring |
Synonyms: |
alienated,
belligerent, contending,
contentious, contumacious, disaffected, disputatious,
dissident, divisive, estranged,
fighting,
hostile,
insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, litigious,
malcontent, mutinous,
partisan, quarrelsome,
rebellious, refractory,
rival, sectarian, seditious, troublemaking,
tumultous/tumultuous,
turbulent
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| Notes: |
factious means addicted to forming parties and raise dissensions in opposition to government or the common good, while fractious means tending to cause trouble or unruly or irritable |
Antonyms: |
agreeing, cooperating, cooperative, peaceful, united
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