fretful
Meaning
- Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish.
- 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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