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fretting

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1. fretting - Noun

2. fretting - Verb

Derived from fret

Meaning

of Fret

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Do any deserve liberty who are not ready to give it to others? Let us calmly go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary fretting and fuming. Swami Vivekananda

The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true. Christopher Paolini

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting. Confucius

It is no use fretting after last winter's snow. Darkovan Proverb

Fretting cares make grey hairs. English Proverb

A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt. French Proverb

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