Complete Definition of "fretful"

English

Adjective
fretful

  1. irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish

#* 1909: w:Frances Hodgson Burnett|Frances Hodgson Burnett, w:The Secret Garden|The Secret Garden
#*: It was another cry, but not quite like the one she had heard last night; it was only a short one, a fretful, childish whine muffled by passing through walls.

  1. unable to relax; fidgety or restless

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