Factious

Definition of factious:

part of speech: adjective

Turbulent; disloyal.

part of speech: noun

FACTIOUSNESS.

part of speech: adjective

Given to or characterized by a tendency to oppose; quarrelsome; turbulent.

part of speech: adverb

FACTIOUSLY.

Usage examples for factious:

• He said, That to him, as dictator, his master of the horse was unbearable: what power or influence could a consul have against a factious and intemperate colleague? "The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six", Titus Livius.

• The second principle assumed by Mr. Hastings for his justification, namely, that factious opposition and a divided government might create exigencies requiring such supplies, is full as dangerous as the first; for, if, in the divisions which must arise in all councils, one member of government, when he thinks others factiously disposed, shall be entitled to take money privately from the subject for the purposes of his politics, and thereby to dispense with an act of Parliament, pretences for that end cannot be wanting. "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.