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fretfulness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | choler, crossness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| Type of | distemper, ill humor, ill humour |
| Has types | pet, testiness, tetchiness, touchiness |
| Derivation | fretful |
Examples of fretfulness
fretfulness
Players said insecurity leads to fretfulness, and fretfulness leads to silence.
From the washingtonpost.com
Vermaelen's positioning was suspect and there was a fretfulness about Arsenal at the back.
From the guardian.co.uk
Gone was the early uncertainty and fretfulness of his first-round tie against Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
From the mirror.co.uk
That history is worth bearing in mind when assessing the latest bout of fretfulness about the dollar's future.
From the economist.com
For all their protestations that they are settled and tight-knit as a group, their play smacks of fretfulness and uncertainty.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This rather bizarre fretfulness over his immortal soul is something he shares in common with Don Bradman, as well as now being Test triple-century-makers.
From the smh.com.au
Miller's exhaustion may sound like the fretfulness of a man in need of an extended vacation, but at the age of 48 his mid-life crisis has led to more than a sabbatical.
From the time.com
Hard, also, to remember a movie that has more authentically captured the fretfulness of a relationship where nothing is irredeemably wrong but nothing is terribly right.
From the time.com
- Irritability: an irritable petulant feeling
- (fretful) antsy: nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"
- (fretful) habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
- The quality of being fretful
- (fretful) irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish; unable to relax; fidgety or restless
- (fretful) Irritated, disturbed, worried or troubled.
- (Fretful) worrying or distressful
- (fretful) [adj] anxious, bothered, worrisome, peevish
- (fretful) quejoso; impaciente; inquieto; preocupado; fastidioso
