Definition of fret

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Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..

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Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..
Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..
Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
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..
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..
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