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Recent Examples of fractiousness
Although much of the country’s instability is rooted in its internal fractiousness and troubled transition from monarchy to republican democracy, many Nepalis believe India’s meddling has deepened their endemic political crisis.
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Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractiousness
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Corbett said the testiness started in Florida and returned with the team to Charlotte.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mood Disorder Therapy Huntington’s disease can cause mood disorders, including apathy, depression, anxiety, and irritability.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
19 Jan. 2026
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So Mark initially came to me reporting symptoms of headache, memory loss, sleep difficulties, emotionality, and irritability.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The most common symptoms of teething include drooling, putting fingers or fists in their mouth, swollen or puffy gums, difficulty sleeping, crankiness and fussiness, per the institution.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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At one point, her crankiness about being underappreciated for her domestic efforts is blamed, without irony, on her period.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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Florida has had enough of pettiness, politic stunts and petulance.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
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But six months on against Liverpool, Paqueta’s petulance is a slap in the face to everyone associated with West Ham.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
1 Dec. 2025
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Vince Gilligan moved to Apple and returned to his X-Files roots for the sci-fi horror dramatic comedy Pluribus, which used its ultra-mysterious and yet ultra-familiar genre trappings for a droll meditation on the eternal clash between collective joy and individual grouchiness.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Nov. 2025
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Emily is also struggling with Annabelle, who has inherited her mom’s attitude and the grouchiness of any adolescent forced to grow up with an Evolution Media camera crew in her home.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dani’s surliness has evaporated.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
9 Dec. 2025
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Not, of course, if the intention of the query is to justify rudeness or to be combative.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Fractiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractiousness. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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