FRETFUL Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word fretful. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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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 | ||||||
