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Webster 1828 Edition

Fretful

FRET'FUL

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Adj.

Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as a fretful temper.

Definition 2024

fretful

fretful

English

Alternative forms

fretfull (archaic)

Adjective

fretful ‎(comparative more fretful, superlative most fretful)

irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish
- 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
  It was another cry, but not quite like the one she had heard last night; it was only a short one, a fretful, childish whine muffled by passing through walls.
unable to relax; fidgety or restless

Derived terms

Translations

irritable

Bulgarian: раздразнителен (bg) ‎(razdraznitelen)
Dutch: prikkelbaar
Finnish: ärtyisä (fi)

French: irritable (fr)
Irish: aingí
Italian: irritabile (it)

restless

Dutch: rusteloos (nl)
Finnish: ärtynyt (fi), levoton (fi)

French: agité (fr),fébrile (fr)
Italian: agitato (it), ansioso (it)

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