Perverse vs Fractious - What's the difference?
perverse | fractious | Related terms |
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
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given to troublemaking
irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome
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Perverse is a related term of fractious.
As adjectives the difference between perverse and fractious
is that perverse is turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted while fractious is given to troublemaking.perverse
English
Adjective
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Derived terms
* perversely * perverseness * perversityAnagrams
* ----fractious
English
Adjective
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citation
- …in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.