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Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

Irritability :: Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper..

Fumishness :: Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.

Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..

Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.

Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..

Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..

Temper :: Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper..

Fretting :: Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fre.

Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.

Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Worry :: Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries..

Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..

Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..

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