fretful

[FretĀ·ful]

Someone who's fretful can't relax. You might be fretful upset and fidgety if you're waiting to hear whether or not you've been accepted into a competitive summer music program.

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

Adjective S.
habitually complaining; "a whining child"

Adjective S.
unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"


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


Fretful

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. -- 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.

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

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