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Fractious (adj) means tending to cause trouble or disruption.

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Tending to cause trouble or disruption.

Easily annoyed and quick to argue.

"Up to 250 trains will be needed to modernise all these lines, though the current government's fractious relationship with London Mayor Sadiq Khan makes that massive investment difficult to envisage in the short term." — Ben Jones, Suppliers' uncertain wait for new trains (2024)

"With his twin notes, Mr. Musk waded directly into a fractious debate over the right way for corporations to bring workers back to the office during the coronavirus pandemic." — Ryan Mac, Elon Musk to Workers: Spend 40 Hours in the Office, or Else (2022)

"But beyond the fractious rhetoric, the US president brought a deeper message on Wednesday that sought to unify the west rather than divide it. It was his most dark, insidious and sinister project of all." — David Smith, Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech (2026)

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