Results for factious
Definitions of factious:
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adjective
Given to or characterized by a tendency to oppose; quarrelsome; turbulent.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: adjective
Turbulent; pert. to or given to faction.
part of speech: adverb
FACTIOUSLY.
Usage examples for factious:
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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