(a.) Anxious; ill-humored; peevish; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.

Pardon and Peace
... ashamed of himself, not about one great fault, but about many little faults; and
who wants to be cleansed from them; who is tempted to be fretful, anxious, out ...
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Are You Prepared to Die?
... swelling of Jordan? The same rebuke might be applied to us when we get
fretful under the little troubles of life. You have losses ...
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"Love that Passeth Knowledge. "
... Because your child is fretful, or has committed some act of disobedience, you
do not cast him out as though he did not belong to you! No! ...
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The Second Season
... Jonah was a good man, and yet how fretful was his heart under affliction! Job was
the mirror of patience, yet how was his heart discomposed by trouble! ...
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The Next Season
... is calm and submissive under his afflictions, probably he derives support and comfort
in this way; but he who is discomposed, impatient, or fretful, shows that ...
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The Third Word
... In the midst of torturing physical pain, in the extreme form of that experience,
of which the slightest degree makes us fretful, irritable, self-absorbed, our ...
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"Thou Art Now the Blessed of the Lord. "
... we trust that you will deal kindly with us, and overlook our hard usage; for, in
spite of all, God has so blessed you that you need not be fretful and pettish ...
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Providence
... the plain meaning of the word in our modern English, and that our Lord is not telling
us to be imprudent or idle, but not to be anxious and fretful about the ...
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The Glory of the Cross
... Let us go on, then, to find out more of his likeness. Would he be stern, or would
he be tender? Would he be patient, or would he be fretful? ...
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The Beautiful Secret.
... From thy home exclude all worry, Fretful cares, and sad'ning gloom; But
God's sunshine bid a welcome, Let it shine in ev'ry room. ...
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Fretful (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Anxious; ill-humored; peevish; in a state of vexation;
as, a fretful temper. Multi-Version Concordance Fretful (1 Occurrence). ...
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Fret (9 Occurrences)
... or sunken spot in a garment affected by a kind of leprosy," the Revised Version
(British and American) "it is a fret." Revised Version has "fretful" for "angry ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) 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. ...
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Impatient (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless,
because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for ...
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Ill-tempered (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish;
fretful; quarrelsome. 2. (a.) Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. ...
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Fretted (1 Occurrence)

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Fretting (6 Occurrences)
... or sunken spot in a garment affected by a kind of leprosy," the Revised Version
(British and American) "it is a fret." Revised Version has "fretful" for "angry ...
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Temper (14 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Contentious (13 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV). Proverbs 21:19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
than with a contentious and fretful woman. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). ...
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Cankered (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth. 3. (a.) Affected mentally or
morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. Int. ...
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