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• 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

• fretful — adjective the long wait in traffic was making us fretful Syn: distressed, upset, miserable, unsettled, uneasy, ill at ease, uncomfortable, edgy, agitated, worked up, tense, stressed, restive, fidgety, antsy; querulous, irritable, cross …   Thesaurus of popular words

• irritable — irritable, fractious, peevish, snappish, waspish, petulant, pettish, huffy, fretful, querulous apply to persons or to their moods or dispositions in the sense of showing impatience or anger without due or sufficient cause. Irritable implies… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• cross — crossable, adj. crossability, n. /kraws, kros/, n., v., adj., crosser, crossest. n. 1. a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, upon which persons were formerly put to death. 2. any object, figure, or mark… …   Universalium

• impatient — impatient, nervous, unquiet, restless, restive, uneasy, fidgety, jumpy, jittery are comparable when they mean manifesting signs of unrest or an inability to keep still or quiet. Impatient implies an inability to bear some trial (as delay,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• Impatient — Im*pa tient ([i^]m*p[=a] shent), a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im not + patiens patient. See {Patient}.] 1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English