Fretful \Fret"ful\, a. [See 2d Fret.]
Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of
vexation; as, a fretful temper. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fretful
adj 1: unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of
hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"
[syn: fidgety, itchy, restless]
2: habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: querulous,
whiney, whining(a), whiny]
WordNet (r) 2.0
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "fretful":
Jeremianic, abrupt, agitated, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious,
bad-tempered, breathless, bustling, captious, carping, catty,
caviling, chafing, choleric, complaining, contrary, crabby, cranky,
critical, cross, curt, disagreeable, eager, edgy, excited,
faultfinding, fidgety, fluttering, fluttery, fractious, fretting,
fussing, fussy, grumpy, hasty, hopped-up, howling, huffy,
ill-natured, ill-tempered, impatient, impetuous, in a lather,
in a stew, in a sweat, irascible, irritable, jumpy, lamentive,
moanful, moody, mournful, nagging, naggy, on edge, peevish,
perverse, pettish, petulant, plaintive, plangent, puling,
querulous, resentful, restive, restless, short, short-tempered,
shrewish, snappish, sorrowful, splenetic, squirming, squirmy,
sulky, testy, tetchy, touchy, turbulent, ululant, uneasy,
unpatient, unquiet, unsettled, vexed, vixenish, vixenly, wailful,
waspish, whimpering, whining, whiny
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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