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1 fretful
adjective (cross; discontented: fretful children.) rabugento* * *fret.ful[fr'etful] adj 1 irritável, mal-humorado, rabugento, petulante, irascível. 2 inquieto, aflito. -
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adjective (cross; discontented: fretful children.) rabugento -
3 fretty
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4 fret
[fret]past tense, past participle - fretted; verb(to worry or show anxiety or discontentment: She was always fretting about something or other.) atormentar-se- fretful* * *fret1[fret] n 1 lamúria, choradeira, queixa lamurienta. 2 preocupação, inquietação. 3 descontentamento, aborrecimento. 4 fricção, atrito, desgaste. 5 corrosão. • vt+vi (ps e pp fretted) 1 amofinar-se, afligir(-se), irritar(-se), atormentar(-se), martirizar-se, queixar-se. 2 roer, corroer, comer, desgastar(-se), gastar-se pela fricção. 3 esfregar, esfolar, friccionar, atritar. 4 agitar(-se), enrugar(-se), encrespar(-se) (a água). don’t fret não fique triste. fret and fume of life as adversidades da vida. he frets and fumes ele está exaltado e furioso. he frets himself ele se irrita, exalta. she frets her life away ela passa sua vida com tristeza e aflição.————————fret2[fret] n Archit grega: cercadura arquitetônica, de linhas retas entrelaçadas. • vt (ps e pp fretted) 1 ornar com gregas (também em relevo). 2 cinzelar. 3 variegar, matizar.————————fret3[fret] n Mus trasto (de um instrumento de corda). • vt trastear. -
5 fret
[fret]past tense, past participle - fretted; verb(to worry or show anxiety or discontentment: She was always fretting about something or other.) aborrecer-se- fretful
См. также в других словарях:
Fretful — Fret ful, a. [See 2d {Fret}.] Disposed to fret; ill humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. {Fret ful*ly}, adv. {Fret ful*ness}, n. Syn: Peevish; ill humored; ill natured; irritable; waspish; captious; petulant;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fretful — index fractious, petulant, querulous, restive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fretful — 1590s, from FRET (Cf. fret) (v.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Fretfully … Etymology dictionary
fretful — peevish, *irritable, petulant, querulous, fractious, snappish, waspish, pettish, huffy Analogous words: cross, cranky, touchy, choleric, *irascible: captious, carping, caviling, faultfinding, Critical: Contrary, perverse Contrasted words: patient … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fretful — [adj] irritable captious, carping*, caviling, complaining, contrary, crabby*, cranky*, critical, cross, crotchety*, edgy, faultfinding, fractious, huffy*, mean, ornery*, out of sorts*, peevish, perverse, petulant, querulous, shorttempered,… … New thesaurus
fretful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ anxious or irritated. DERIVATIVES fretfully adverb fretfulness noun … English terms dictionary
fretful — [fret′fəl] adj. tending to fret; irritable and discontented; peevish fretfully adv. fretfulness n … English World dictionary
fretful — [[t]fre̱tfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone is fretful, they behave in a way that shows that they worried or unhappy about something. Don t assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she s fretful … English dictionary
fretful — adjective a) irritable, bad tempered, grumpy or peevish 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. b) unable to relax; fidgety or… … Wiktionary
fretful — fret|ful [ˈfretfəl] adj anxious and complaining, and unable to relax ▪ The child was tired and fretful. >fretfully adv >fretfulness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
fretful — adjective anxious and complaining, especially about small or unimportant things: The child was tired and fretful. fretfully adverb fretfulness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
