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The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness. / A peevish or cranky nature.

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fractiousness

Source Word

fractiousness

Noun

uncountable

The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness. / A peevish or cranky nature.

Japanese Meaning

反抗的で手に負えず、問題を引き起こしやすい性質 / いらだちやすく、わがままで不機嫌になりやすい性質

The teacher's patience was tested by the class's fractiousness during the long, rainy week.

長く雨の続いた週、クラスの気難しさに教師の忍耐は試された。

Sense（1）

The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.

His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.

Sense（2）

A peevish or cranky nature.