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Meanings of fretful in English

Habitually complaining.

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        Nervous and unable to relax.

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              Usage of fretful in English
              1
              Only young William was fretful, wanting to join the remaining United men.
              The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
              2
              The girl in the bed turned a fretful face toward her mother:
              A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
              3
              I had lived in California for seven years but had become fretful.
              The Irish Times
              4
              He could hear the sweet, rather fretful voice calling from the shadows:
              The Wild Olive: A Novel
              5
              She does nothing but indulge in fretful regrets over her broken health.
              Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
              6
              I walked up and down one of the rooms, fretful and irresolute.
              Basil
              7
              He therefore endured with fretful patience the insubordination of Pitt and Fox.
              Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
              8
              He says you are not strong; he says you are fretful, irritable.
              Verner's Pride
              9
              His will became like an invalid who is fretful upon the pillows.
              In the Wilderness
              10
              There's a fretful tone; and how excited you look, and feel too.
              White Lies
              11
              The gate, flapping-to behind them, sounded like a fretful and querulous complaint.
              Bressant: A Novel
              12
              Mrs. Colwyn grew fretful under what she felt to be silent condemnation.
              A True Friend: A Novel
              13
              Her patience with the baby, who was very fretful, was quite wonderful.
              Big and Little Sisters: A Story of an Indian Mission School
              14
              A month went by, and old Mrs. Shimerda began to get fretful.
              My Antonia
              15
              She was neither nervous nor fretful, nor oppressed with fancies and moods.
              The Price of Things
              16
              Then you will seldom feel cross and fretful, because things go wrong.
              Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young
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              Fretful through the time
              Fretful across language varieties
              South Africa
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common
              United States of America
              Rare