"fractious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/ [US] Audio: En-uk-fractious.ogg Forms: more fractious [comparative], most fractious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ækʃəs Etymology: From fraction (“discord”) (now obsolete) + -ous. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fraction|-ous|qq1=now obsolete|t1=discord}} fraction (“discord”) (now obsolete) + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} fractious (comparative more fractious, superlative most fractious)
  1. Given to troublemaking. Synonyms: unruly Translations (given to troublemaking): свадлив (svadliv) (Bulgarian), 搗亂的 (Chinese Mandarin), 捣乱的 (dǎoluànde) (Chinese Mandarin), dwars (Dutch), kribbig (Dutch), lastig (Dutch), weerspannig (Dutch), aufsässig (German), widerspenstig (German), zänkisch (German), ahitere (Maori), quisquilloso (Spanish), molestoso (Spanish), problemático (Spanish), revoltoso (Spanish), díscolo (Spanish)
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  2. Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome): раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), капризен (kaprizen) (Bulgarian), 易怒的 (yìnùde) (Chinese Mandarin), hargneux (French), zänkisch (German), verdrießlich (German), widerspenstig (German), mürrisch (German), störrisch (German), 怒りっぽい (okorippoi) (alt: おこりっぽい) (Japanese), капризный (kapriznyj) (Russian), раздражительный (razdražitelʹnyj) (Russian), quisquilloso (Spanish), fastidioso (Spanish), irritante (Spanish), conflictivo (Spanish), belicoso (Spanish), rebelde (Spanish), desobediente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fractious-en-adj-DLvihR29 Disambiguation of Personality: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fractiously, fractiousness
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          "ref": "2024 March 20, Ben Jones, “Suppliers' uncertain wait for new trains”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 38:",
          "text": "Up to 250 trains will be needed to modernise all these lines, though the current government's fractious relationship with London Mayor Sadiq Khan makes that massive investment difficult to envisage in the short term.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Irritable",
          "irritable"
        ],
        [
          "argumentative",
          "argumentative"
        ],
        [
          "quarrelsome",
          "quarrelsome"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "En-uk-fractious.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/En-uk-fractious.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækʃəs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svadliv",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "свадлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "搗亂的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎoluànde",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "捣乱的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "dwars"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "kribbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "lastig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "weerspannig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "aufsässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "widerspenstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "zänkisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "ahitere"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "quisquilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "molestoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "problemático"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "revoltoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given to troublemaking",
      "word": "díscolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razdraznitelen",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "раздразнителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kaprizen",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "капризен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìnùde",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "易怒的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "hargneux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "zänkisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "verdrießlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "widerspenstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "mürrisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "störrisch"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おこりっぽい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okorippoi",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "怒りっぽい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kapriznyj",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "капризный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdražitelʹnyj",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "раздражительный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "quisquilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "fastidioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "irritante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "conflictivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "belicoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "rebelde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable, argumentative, quarrelsome",
      "word": "desobediente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fractious"
}

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