different between misbehaving vs fractious

misbehaving

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave +? -ing.

Noun

misbehaving (countable and uncountable, plural misbehavings)

  1. bad conduct or actions

Etymology 2

From misbehave +? -ing.

Verb

misbehaving

  1. present participle of misbehave

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fractious

English

Etymology

fraction (discord, (now obsolete)) +? -ous

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?f?æk.??s/

Adjective

fractious (comparative more fractious, superlative most fractious)

  1. Given to troublemaking.
  2. Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Smith, Elder & Company, London, page 228,
      …in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.

Derived terms

  • fractiously
  • fractiousness

Translations

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