Usually means: Anxiety and irritability combined together.
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  1. fretfulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. fretfulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fretfulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fretfulness: Vocabulary.com
  5. fretfulness: Wordnik
  6. fretfulness: Wiktionary
  7. fretfulness: Dictionary.com
  8. fretfulness: Rhymezone
  9. fretfulness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. fretfulness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. fretfulness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. fretfulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fretfulness: Legal dictionary

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  1. fretfulness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fretfulness)

▸ noun:  The quality of being fretful.

Similar:
peevishness, irritability, fussiness, choler, petulance, crossness, frettiness, fearfulness, fitfulness, fidgetiness, more...

Opposite:
calmness, serenity, tranquility, peacefulness

Adjectives:
constant, least, childish, such, nervous, own, general, mere, habitual, much, petulant

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Similar:
peevishness, irritability, fussiness, choler, petulance, crossness, frettiness, fearfulness, fitfulness, fidgetiness, more...

Opposite:
calmness, serenity, tranquility, peacefulness

Adjectives:
constant, least, childish, such, nervous, own, general, mere, habitual, much, petulant



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