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fractious

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acfiorstuStarts with FEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome

Word origin

From fraction (“discord”) (now obsolete) + -ous.

Used in a sentence

  • […] to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.
  • That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
  • With his twin notes, Mr. Musk waded directly into a fractious debate over the right way for corporations to bring workers back to the office during the coronavirus pandemic.

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