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Exceptious — Ex*cep tious, a. Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South. {Ex*cep tious*ness}, n. [Obs.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Exceptiousness — Exceptious Ex*cep tious, a. Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South. {Ex*cep tious*ness}, n. [Obs.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
litigious — li·ti·gious /li ti jəs/ adj 1: prone to engage in lawsuits or legal maneuvers esp. to an excessive degree a stubbornly litigious defendant 2: subject to litigation acquired only a possible litigious claim Wells v. Joseph, 95 So. 2d 843 (1957) 3 … Law dictionary
fractious — I adjective apt to quarrel, bad tempered, bearish, bickering, cantankerous, captious, carping, caviling, choleric, churlish, complaining, contentious, contrary, crabby, cranky, cross, cross grained, crusty, difficilis, difficult, disposed to… … Law dictionary
querulous — I adjective bewailing, canting, captious, carping, censorious, clamorous, complaining, contentious, cross, difficult, difficult to please, discontented, disputatious, dissatisfied, exceptious, faultfinding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumbling … Law dictionary
restive — I adjective averse, balking, balky, cantankerous, contumacious, crossgrained, crotchety, deaf to reason, demurring, difficult, discontented, disinclined, disobedient, exceptious, excitable, excited, fidgety, fractious, fretful, grumpy, headstrong … Law dictionary
Irascibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irascibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irascibility irascibility irascibleness temper Sgm: N 1 crossness crossness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 susceptibility susceptibility procacity petulance irritability … English dictionary for students
Sullenness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sullenness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sullenness sullenness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 morosity morosity spleen Sgm: N 1 churlishness churlishness &c.(discourtesy) 895 Sgm: N 1 irascibility irascibility &c. 901 … English dictionary for students
