fretful

Speech parts

1. fretful - Adjective

2. fretful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cross irritable petulant itchy querulous peevish captious fidgety waspish splenetic antsy whiny fey moody restless
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Antonyms

together placid unruffled phlegmatic content composed
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Phrases with the word

fretful grouser fretful temper

Anagrams

truffle

Examples

The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart. William Wordsworth

If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait. Robert A. Heinlein

Just look down the road and tell me if you can see either of them." I see nobody on the road." said Alice. I only wishhad such eyes,"the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at such a distance too! Lewis Carroll

He that prefers the beautiful to the useful in life will, undoubtedly, like children who prefer sweetmeats to bread, destroy his digestion and acquire a very fretful outlook on the world. Friedrich Nietzsche

People are fretful about lifestyle retailing because the idea that anyone's immortal soul and deepest longings can be quite so readily anticipated and consolidated with several hundred thousand other like-minded types is worrying. Peter York

Know you, boy, women are like cats and must explore any new place until they are satisfied. If they don't they become weak and vain, fretful and ill. Alice Borchardt

Close letter words and terms

fret through fret-sawyer fretboard fretful grouser fretful temper fretfull