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An irritable petulant feeling
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fretfulness
Word definitions for fretfulness in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being fretful
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability , crossness , fussiness , peevishness , petulance , choler ]
Usage examples of fretfulness.
Teckla was happy because his fretfulness seemed to be over, and happily she spread their supper on a black-and-red tablecloth in front of the shack.
There is a demure look, there is an instant obedience, there is an absence of fretfulness, and an abnormal, although subdued, cheerfulness, which arouses the watchful gaze of the knowing among mothers, governesses, and nurses.
The dark undercurrent of fretfulness and unease bubbled away like a caldron on the boil.