Definition of fret

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Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..

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Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Worry :: Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry..
Pock-broken :: Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten..
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Fret :: Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Agitated; vexed; worried.
Fretted :: Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fre.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
Fret :: 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..
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
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