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fretful
fret·ful F0322900 (frĕt′fəl)adj.1. Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.2. Marked by worry and distress; troublesome: "Of all the fretful stages of human development, adolescence is the most infamous" (David Gelman).
fret′ful·ly adv.fret′ful·ness n.fretful (ˈfrɛtfʊl) adjpeevish, irritable, or upset ˈfretfully adv ˈfretfulness nfret•ful (ˈfrɛt fəl)
adj. disposed or quick to fret; irritable; peevish. [1585–95] fret′ful•ly, adv. fret′ful•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | fretful - nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"antsy, fidgety, itchytense - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension | | 2. | fretful - habitually complaining; "a whiny child"querulous, whiney, whinycomplaining, complaintive - expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss" |
fretfuladjective irritable, cross, worried, complaining, anxious, unhappy, uneasy, edgy, touchy, fractious, petulant, out of sorts, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, short-tempered, querulous, peevish, splenetic, crotchety (informal), captious an extremely fretful four-month old babyfretfuladjective1. Having or showing a bad temper:bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.Informal: crabby, mean.Idiom: out of sorts.2. Being unable or unwilling to endure irritation or opposition, for example:impatient, intolerant, unforbearing.Translationsfret (fret) – past tense, past participle ˈfretted – verb to worry or show anxiety or discontentment. She was always fretting about something or other. 使煩惱 使烦恼ˈfretful adjective cross; discontented. fretful children. 令人煩惱的 令人烦恼的EncyclopediaSeefretMedicalSeeFRETfretful
Related to fretful: fretfullySynonyms for fretfuladj irritableSynonyms- irritable
- cross
- worried
- complaining
- anxious
- unhappy
- uneasy
- edgy
- touchy
- fractious
- petulant
- out of sorts
- tetchy
- ratty
- testy
- short-tempered
- querulous
- peevish
- splenetic
- crotchety
- captious
Synonyms for fretfuladj having or showing a bad temperSynonyms- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- disagreeable
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- nasty
- peevish
- petulant
- querulous
- snappish
- snappy
- surly
- testy
- ugly
- waspish
- crabby
- mean
adj being unable or unwilling to endure irritation or opposition, for exampleSynonyms- impatient
- intolerant
- unforbearing
Synonyms for fretfuladj nervous and unable to relaxSynonymsRelated Wordsadj habitually complainingSynonymsRelated Words |