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turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.

Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.

who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.

Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv.

ligious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift.

Jea Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.

Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people. One midnight Fated to the purpose. Shak.

Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance. Be factious for redress of all these griefs. Shak.

Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne. The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.

The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government. Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism. J. C. Shairp.

f one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting. Thy vast profusion to the factious nobles Rowe.

old, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent. I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks. Shak.

Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens. -- Se*di"tious*ly, adv. -- Se*di"tious*ness, n.