Definition of fretful

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Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..

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Testiness :: Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
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..
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..
Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
Petulant :: Petulant (a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
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