fretful
41fret´ful|ness — fret|ful «FREHT fuhl», adjective. 1. ready to fret; peevish, unhappy, discontented, or worried: »My baby brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth. SYNONYM(S): irritable. 2. agitated; seething: » …
42fret´ful|ly — fret|ful «FREHT fuhl», adjective. 1. ready to fret; peevish, unhappy, discontented, or worried: »My baby brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth. SYNONYM(S): irritable. 2. agitated; seething: » …
43fret|ful — «FREHT fuhl», adjective. 1. ready to fret; peevish, unhappy, discontented, or worried: »My baby brother is fretful because he is cutting his teeth. SYNONYM(S): irritable. 2. agitated; seething: » …
44Peevish — Pee vish, a. [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + ish.] 1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. Her peevish babe.… …
45irritable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fretful, petulant, peevish, touchy, sensitive. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sensitive, irascible, touchy, testy, ill tempered, huffy, peevish, petulant, fractious, tense, high… …
46peevish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irascible, fretful, cranky, cross, irritable, touchy. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a sour disposition] Syn. perverse, pertinacious, morose; see obstinate . 2. [Inclined to… …
47Roughness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Roughness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 roughness roughness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 tooth tooth grain texture ripple Sgm: N 1 asperity asperity rugosity salebrosity| corrugation …
48Cross — (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting;… …
49Cross action — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …
50Cross aisle — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …
