Definitions for fretted

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fretted fret·ted

Spelling: [fret-id]

IPA: /ˈfrɛt ɪd/

Fretted is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in fretted (deefrtt).

Definitions for fretted

noun

1. an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
2. erosion; corrosion; gnawing.
3. a worn or eroded place.
4. an interlaced, angular design; fretwork.
5. an angular design of bands within a border.
6. Heraldry. a charge composed of two diagonal strips interlacing with and crossing at the center of a mascle.
7. a piece of decoratively pierced work placed in a clock case to deaden the sound of the mechanism.
8. any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points.

adjective

1. ornamented or provided with frets:

verb (used with object)

1. to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex:
2. to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.:
3. to form or make by wearing away a substance:
4. to agitate (water):
5. to ornament with a fret or fretwork.
6. to provide with frets.

verb (used without object)

1. to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like:
2. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something:
3. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.:
4. to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often followed by away):
5. to move in agitation or commotion, as water:

Origin of fretted

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at fret², -ed²

Examples for fretted

As I fretted over whether it was safe for her ingest the body paint, she extolled its benefits.

But to-day he was fretted and chafed by long waiting for that answer to his letter.

I tell you, lad, that I am all undone, like a fretted bow-string.

Rivers told me in both 2010 and 2014 that, when thinking about dying herself, she fretted most about her daughter Melissa.

And the hot ferment of Paris life seethed and fretted all around him.

He had just been fretted sufficiently to find fault with her dress.

Last week I fretted that America—and American business, in particular—seemed to be running out of ideas.

Behind the scenes, he threw spectacular parties, fretted over his ratings, and stayed loyal to his friends.

Nearly every critic of the Iranian-American and Muslim author has fretted over whether he has the right to tackle his subject.

fretted by the pain, he plunged into the wilderness to hide like a wounded deer.