Results for factious

Definitions of factious:

part of speech: adjective

Turbulent; disloyal.

part of speech: adjective

Given to or characterized by a tendency to oppose; quarrelsome; turbulent.

part of speech: noun

FACTIOUSNESS.

part of speech: adjective

Turbulent; pert. to or given to faction.

part of speech: adverb

FACTIOUSLY.

Usage examples for factious:

• For thy horrid looks I own, Half convert me to a stone, Hast thou been so long at school, Now to turn a factious tool? "Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Vol. 3", George Gilfillan

• And on the same day Villeroy privately wrote to the Ambassador, " If, in spite of all this, Aerssens should endeavour to return, he will not be received, after the knowledge we have of his factious spirit, most dangerous in a public personage in a state such as ours and in the minority of the King." "The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I.", John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009