About The Word Fretful
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Fretful
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What's The Definition Of Fretful?
[adj] habitually complaining; "a whining child"
[adj] unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fretful: complaining(a) | complaintive | fidgety | itchy | querulous | restless | unquiet | whiney | whining(a) | whiny Related Terms | Find terms related to Fretful: abrupt | agitated | antsy | antsy-pantsy | anxious | bad-tempered | breathless | bustling | captious | carping | catty | caviling | chafing | choleric | complaining | contrary | crabby | cranky | critical | cross | curt | disagreeable | eager | edgy | excited | faultfinding | fidgety | fluttering | fluttery | fractious | fretting | fussing | fussy | grumpy | hasty | hopped-up | howling | huffy | ill-natured | ill-tempered | impatient | impetuous | in a lather | in a stew | in a sweat | irascible | irritable | Jeremianic | jumpy | lamentive | moanful | moody | mournful | nagging | naggy | on edge | peevish | perverse | pettish | petulant | plaintive | plangent | puling | querulous | resentful | restive | restless | short | short-tempered | shrewish | snappish | sorrowful | splenetic | squirming | squirmy | sulky | testy | tetchy | touchy | turbulent | ululant | uneasy | unpatient | unquiet | unsettled | vexed | vixenish | vixenly | wailful | waspish | whimpering | whining | whiny See Also | Fretful In Webster's Dictionary \Fret"ful\, a. [See 2d {Fret}.]
Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of
vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- {Fret"ful-ly}, adv. --
{Fret"ful-ness}, n.
Syn: Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish;
captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny; passionate;
angry.
Usage: {Fretful}, {Peevish}, {Cross}. These words all
indicate an unamiable working and expression of
temper. Peevish marks more especially the inward
spirit: a peevish man is always ready to find fault.
Fretful points rather to the outward act, and marks a
complaining impatience: sickly children are apt to be
fretful. Crossness is peevishness mingled with
vexation or anger.
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