fretful
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fretful (comparative more fretful, superlative most fretful)
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- irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish
- 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
- It was another cry, but not quite like the one she had heard last night; it was only a short one, a fretful, childish whine muffled by passing through walls.
- 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
- unable to relax; fidgety or restless