fretful

Other forms of fretful

comparative

fretfuller·

superlative

fretfullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fretful

What does fretful mean?

fretful means "nervous and unable to relax". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fretful?

fretful has 2 syllables: fret-ful. The stress falls on "fret". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɛtfəl/.

What is another word for fretful?

Close synonyms include antsy, fidgety, itchy, querulous, whiney. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fretful a common word?

fretful is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.