Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..

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Irritate :: Irritate (n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage..
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..
Worry :: Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.
Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..
Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Worrisome :: Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
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