'Factious' definitions:
Definition of 'factious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) [syn: dissentious, divisive, factious]
Definition of 'Factious'
From: GCIDE
- Factious \Fac"tious\ a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]
- 1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. [1913 Webster]
- Factious for the house of Lancaster. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. [1913 Webster]
- Headlong zeal or factious fury. --Burke. -- {Fac"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fac"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'factious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressive,
- alienated,
- argumentative,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- breakaway,
- combative,
- conflicting,
- contending,
- contentious,
- contumacious,
- disaffected,
- discordant,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- estranged,
- extreme,
- extremistic,
- factional,
- fighting,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- mutineering,
- mutinous,
- partisan,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- rebel,
- rebellious,
- refractory,
- revolutional,
- revolutionary,
- riotous,
- seditionary,
- seditious,
- shrewish,
- subversive,
- traitorous,
- treasonable,
- turbulent,
- warring,
- wrangling