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fretful

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fret·ful  (frtfl)
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).
fretful·ly adv.
fretful·ness n.
fretful [ˈfrɛtfʊl]
adj
peevish, irritable, or upset
fretfully  adv
fretfulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fretful - nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"
antsy, fidgety, itchy
tense - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
2.fretfulfretful - habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
querulous, whiney, whiny
complaining, complaintive - expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss"
fretful
adjective 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 baby
Translations
fretful [ˈfretfʊl] ADJ [child] → inquieto
fretful [ˈfrɛtfʊl] adj [child] → pleurnicheur/euse
fretful
adj child → quengelig; adult, behaviour → wehleidig; (= irritable, on edge) → genervt (inf); tone → klagend; (= restless) sleep → unruhig
fretful [ˈfrɛtfʊl] adj (child) → irritabile
fretful [ˈfrɛtfʊl] adj (child) → irritabile


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So when she was a sickly, fretful, ugly little baby she was kept out of the way, and when she became a sickly, fretful, toddling thing she was kept out of the way also.
The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context
It was not very unlike his dream, for his sleep had been little more than living through again, in a fevered delirious way, all that had happened since daybreak, and his mother with her fretful grief was present to him through it all.
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le Comte de Guiche," said he, in a fretful voice, whilst putting on, behind the curtain, his dressing-gown, with the assistance of Bernouin.
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