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adj. Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.

adj. Marked by worry and distress; troublesome: "Of all the fretful stages of human development, adolescence is the most infamous” ( David Gelman).

adj. irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish

adj. unable to relax; fidgety or restless

adj. Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation.

Gnawing; wearing; abrading; corroding.

In a state of commotion; moved or agitated, as water; seething.

Disposed to fret; ill-tempered; ill-humored; peevish: as, a fretful temper.

Characterized by, indicating, or causing fret, worry, or ill temper.

Synonyms Peevish, Pettish, etc. (see petulant); irritable, complaining, querulous.

adj. nervous and unable to relax

adj. habitually complaining

"True, Custer's connection to impotence may have been largely metaphorical, but to a certain fretful portion of the populace it struck home."

tense    complaining    complaintive   

petulant    passionate    spleeny    captious    waspish    angry    splenetic    peevish    ill-humored    ill-natured   

forgetful    regretful   

peevish    querulous    discontented    sulky    quarrelsome    resentful    fractious    moody    irascible    restless