Definition of fret

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Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..

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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..
Feaze :: Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore..
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..
Freta :: Freta (pl. ) of Fretu.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..
Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..
Irritate :: Irritate (n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage..
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Fret :: Fret (n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Transfrete :: Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.
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