Definitions for fretful

fretful fret·ful

Spelling: [fret-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈfrɛt fəl/

Fretful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in fretful (efflrtu).

Definitions for fretful

adjective

  1. disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.

Origin of fretful

First recorded in 1585-95; fret1 + -ful

Examples for fretful

An' Josh he got kind o' fretful to her, an' she to him, an' 'Mandy was all honey an' cream.

The women moistened its lips with barley-water, and hushed its fretful whimper.

Like George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life, the fretful marionettes pondered what life would be like without Sarkozy.

"Go on, please," said Kate in a fretful whisper, and she tugged at Pete's sleeve.

Sometimes she was fretful and peevish, and sometimes hopelessly dejected and sad.

Not of age—merely of time; for here was no senility, no quavering or fretful lines.

Calls made by Ishihara for a “new military” are alarming to many Japanese, and the Chinese blogosphere has been fretful about it.

This strong and capable woman is fretful about what to wear for a dinner freighted with emotion.

They were not downhearted, nor anxious, nor fretful for all this; far from it.

But she hardly ever looked in his direction, and when she spoke to him it was in a cold or fretful voice.

Word Value for fretful
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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