Synonyms for fretted
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fret-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɛt ɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for fretted Other synonyms for the word fretted
- abrade
- affront
- agitate
- anguish
- bleed
- carry a heavy load
- chagrin
- corrode
- displease
- distress
- distress oneself
- eat one's heart out
- erode
- excoriate
- fray
- gall
- get into a dither
- get on nerves
- goad
- harass
- irk
- irritate
- lose sleep over
- mope
- nettle
- peeve
- pique
- pother
- provoke
- riffle
- rile
- ripple
- ruffle
- stew
- sweat it out
- take on
- torment
- trouble
- upset oneself
- vex
- wear away
- wear threadbare
Définition of fretted
Origin :- "be peevish or worried," early 12c., from Old English fretan "eat, devour" (in Old English used of monsters and Vikings; in Middle English used of animals' eating), from Proto-Germanic compound *fra- "for-" + *etan "to eat" (cf. Dutch vreton, Old High German freggan, German fressen, Gothic fraitan). Transitive sense of "eat away" is from late 12c. Figurative sense of "irritate, worry, eat one's heart out" is c.1200. Modern German still distinguishes essen for humans and fressen for animals. Related: Fretted; fretting. As a noun, from early 15c.
- verb worry, be annoyed
- verb upset someone
- verb rub hard
- I tell you, lad, that I am all undone, like a fretted bow-string.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Fretted by the pain, he plunged into the wilderness to hide like a wounded deer.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- But to-day he was fretted and chafed by long waiting for that answer to his letter.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- And the hot ferment of Paris life seethed and fretted all around him.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- He had just been fretted sufficiently to find fault with her dress.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- Every day he had been away he had fretted and chafed at the thought of what might be happening to her.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- She fretted on until, exasperated, the man jabbed her sharply with the spurs.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Mr. Bartlett, the passenger, had been on time and had fumed and fretted at the delay.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- If he smiled on her she flushed, and if he frowned she fretted and was afraid.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Within the porch he found her waiting, fretted by her impatience.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
Antonyms for fretted
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