2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Usage: {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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fretfulness
n : an irritable petulant feeling [syn: {irritability}, {crossness},
{fussiness}, {peevishness}, {petulance}, {choler}]
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