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    FRETFULNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An irritable petulant feelingplay

    Synonyms:

    choler; crossness; fretfulness; fussiness; irritability; peevishness; petulance

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

    Hypernyms ("fretfulness" is a kind of...):

    distemper; ill humor; ill humour (an angry and disagreeable mood)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fretfulness"):

    testiness; tetchiness; touchiness (feeling easily irritated)

    pet (a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight))

    Derivation:

    fretful (habitually complaining)

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