fretfuladjective
uk/ˈfret.fəl/us/ˈfret.fəl/behaving in a way that shows you are unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable:
By midnight the children were tired and fretful (= complaining a lot because they were unhappy).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- have a cow idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- restless
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fretfully
adverb uk/ˈfret.fəl.i/us/ˈfret.fəl.i/