fretted
Speech parts
1. fretted - Adjective
2. fretted - Verb
Derived from fret
4. fretted - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Fret
Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Agitated; vexed; worried.
Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play.
As strong, as deep, as wide as is the sea, Though by the wind made restless as the wind, By billows fretted and by rocks confined, So strong, so deep, so wide my love for thee.
Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
After everything he'd built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life; one disappointing son and two suitcases.
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.