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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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spiteful

English

Alternative forms

  • spightful (obsolete)
  • spightfull (obsolete)
  • spitefull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English spytefulle, equivalent to spite +? -ful.

Adjective

spiteful (comparative spitefuller, superlative spitefullest)

  1. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
    Synonyms: malignant, malicious

Translations

Further reading

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

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