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fretful

English

Alternative forms

  • fretfull (archaic)

Etymology

fret +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f??tf?l/

Adjective

fretful (comparative more fretful, superlative most fretful)

  1. Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish.
    • 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
      It was another cry, but not quite like the one she had heard last night; it was only a short one, a fretful, childish whine muffled by passing through walls.
  2. Unable to relax; fidgety or restless.

Derived terms

  • fretfully
  • fretfulness
  • unfretful

Translations

Anagrams

  • truffle

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intractable

English

Etymology

From in- +? tractable

Adjective

intractable (comparative more intractable, superlative most intractable)

  1. Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
  2. (mathematics) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved.
  3. (of a problem) Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage.
  4. (of a person) Stubborn; obstinate.
  5. (medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

Derived terms

  • intractability
  • intractableness
  • intractably

Translations

References

  • intractable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • intractable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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