Fractious vs Disorderly - What's the difference?
fractious | disorderly | Related terms |
given to troublemaking
irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome
* {{quote-news, year=2014
, date=November 14
, author=Stephen Halliday
, title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero
, work=The Scotsman
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. }}
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Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.
Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
Not complying with the restraints of order and law; unruly; lawless.
(legal) Offensive to good morals and public decency.
Fractious is a related term of disorderly.
As adjectives the difference between fractious and disorderly
is that fractious is given to troublemaking while disorderly is not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.fractious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department.}}
citation
- …in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.
Derived terms
* fractiously * fractiousnessdisorderly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The books and papers are in a disorderly state.
- disorderly''' people; '''disorderly assemblies
- a disorderly house