fretful

  • 91antsy — adjective nervous and unable to relax a constant fretful stamping of hooves a restless child • Syn: ↑fidgety, ↑fretful, ↑itchy • Similar to: ↑tense • …

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  • 92fidgety — adjective nervous and unable to relax a constant fretful stamping of hooves a restless child • Syn: ↑antsy, ↑fretful, ↑itchy • Similar to: ↑tense • D …

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  • 93fretfully — adverb in a fretful manner fretfully, the baby tossed in his crib • Derived from adjective: ↑fretful …

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  • 94whiney — adjective habitually complaining a whiny child • Syn: ↑fretful, ↑querulous, ↑whiny • Similar to: ↑complaining, ↑complaintive • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 95whiny — adjective habitually complaining a whiny child • Syn: ↑fretful, ↑querulous, ↑whiney • Similar to: ↑complaining, ↑complaintive • Derivationally related forms …

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  • 96Cankered — Can kered, a. 1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill natured. A cankered grandam s will. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 97Captious — Cap tious, a. [F. captieux, L. captiosus. See {Caption}.] 1. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please. [1913 Webster] A captious and suspicious age. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] I am… …

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  • 98Chauvinism — Chau vin*ism, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind and absurd …

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  • 99Chauvinist — Chauvinism Chau vin*ism, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind …

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  • 100Chauvinistic — Chauvinism Chau vin*ism, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind …

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