fretfulness
n . 焦躁
焦躁
fretfulness n 1 :
an irritable petulant feeling [
synonym : {
irritability },
{
crossness }, {
fretfulness }, {
fussiness }, {
peevishness },
{
petulance }, {
choler }]
Fretful \
Fret "
ful \,
a . [
See 2d {
Fret }.]
Disposed to fret ;
ill -
humored ;
peevish ;
angry ;
in a state of vexation ;
as ,
a fretful temper . -- {
Fret "
ful *
ly },
adv . --
{
Fret "
ful *
ness },
n .
Syn :
Peevish ;
ill -
humored ;
ill -
natured ;
irritable ;
waspish ;
captious ;
petulant ;
splenetic ;
spleeny ;
passionate ;
angry .
Usage : {
Fretful }, {
Peevish }, {
Cross }.
These words all indicate an unamiable working and expression of temper .
Peevish marks more especially the inward spirit :
a peevish man is always ready to find fault .
Fretful points rather to the outward act ,
and marks a complaining impatience :
sickly children are apt to be fretful .
Crossness is peevishness mingled with vexation or anger .
[
1913 Webster ]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fretfulness ":
anxiety ,
breathless impatience ,
chafing ,
disquietude ,
eagerness ,
excitement ,
fretting ,
haste ,
impatience ,
impatientness ,
impetuousness ,
lather ,
peevishness ,
pettishness ,
petulance ,
petulancy ,
querulousness ,
resentfulness ,
restiveness ,
restlessness ,
shrewishness ,
stew ,
sweat ,
tense readiness ,
uneasiness ,
unpatientness ,
unquietness ,
vixenishness
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