FRETFUL Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word fretful. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for FRETFUL
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fidgety | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • nervous and unable to relax | ||||||||
restless | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • lacking or not affording physical or mental rest adjective satellite • worried and uneasy • ceaselessly in motion • nervous and unable to relax | ||||||||
agitated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • troubled emotionally and usually deeply • physically disturbed or set in motion | ||||||||
anxious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • eagerly desirous • causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | ||||||||
apprehensive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • quick to understand • mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc • in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | ||||||||
edgy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • being in a tense state | ||||||||
irritable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily irritated or annoyed • abnormally sensitive to a stimulus • capable of responding to stimuli | ||||||||
jumpy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements adjective satellite • being in a tense state | ||||||||
nervous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the nervous system adjective satellite • easily agitated • causing or fraught with or showing anxiety • excited in anticipation • unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | ||||||||
peevish | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily irritated or annoyed | ||||||||
prickly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very irritable • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||||
tense | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | ||||||||
testy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily irritated or annoyed | ||||||||
touchy | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • quick to take offense • difficult to handle; requiring great tact | ||||||||
troubled | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need adjective satellite • characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | ||||||||
uneasy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance • lacking or not affording physical or mental rest adjective satellite • causing or fraught with or showing anxiety • socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner • relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort | ||||||||
worried | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief • mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | ||||||||
antsy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • nervous and unable to relax | ||||||||
itchy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • nervous and unable to relax • causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch | ||||||||
querulous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • habitually complaining | ||||||||