fretful

Meaning

  1. Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish.
  2. Unable to relax; fidgety or restless.

Concepts

fretful

irritable

peevish

pettish

nervous

touchy

querulous

fidgety

cross

tetchy

vexed

agitated

worried

petulant

splenetic

whiney

whiny

antsy

itchy

fretty

cranky

surly

vixenish

techy

nervy

grouchy

snappy

huffy

capricious

fickle

fretting

in a temper

in ill humor

in ill humour

irritated

boring

irritating

anxious

moody

unhappy

bloody-minded

cantankerous

captious

crabbed

grouching

illtempered

morose

recalcitrant

shrewish

splenish

sullen

testy

untoward

waspish

wayward

combustible

irascible

short tempered

temperamental

tinder box

choleric

spitfire

nervy cross

edgy

fractious

grumpy

peckish

scratchy

sorehead

atrabilious

chafed

flustered

jumpy

restive

worked up

crusty

pissed off

peeved

roiled

snorty

sore

complaining

complaintive

fussy

faultfinding

nagging

sulky

impatient

restless

bad-tempered

ill-tempered

quick-tempered

snappish

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɹɛtfəl/
Etymology

From fret + -ful.

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