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fretful
[ fret-fuhl ]
fretful
/ ˈڰɛٴʊ /
adjective
- peevish, irritable, or upset
Derived Forms
- ˈڰٴڳܱ, adverb
- ˈڰٴڳܱԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ڰfܱ· adverb
- ڰfܱ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ڰfܱ adjective
- un·ڰfܱ· adverb
Example Sentences
With their heavy eyebrows and square jaws, they look like a fretful phalanx of Martin Scorseses reluctantly conceding that the movie is pretty fun.
Beyond that, he was shut down by fretful Democratic party operatives and politicians who told him: How can you talk about “Bidenomics” when polls say so many people aren’t “feeling the benefits”?!
As Queenie, navigating empty relationships and professional disappointments on a journey from self-sabotage to self-worth, Brown makes a whole person from a variety of attitudes — hopeful, hopeless, hungover, exuberant, fretful, thoughtful.
The opening track, “Gemini,” is a vivid but fretful tale of modern malaise and a doppelgänger who gives Heynderickx refreshing perspective.
Hoover and his aides became progressively more fretful about the settlement at Anacostia Flats, especially when its organizers began to talk about making it permanent.
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