Thesaurus / fret
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Rose, l. 4705, And through the fret full, read A trouthe fret full.'
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERHence were, in the next line, must mean to wear away, to fret; cf. note to 4712.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERStrange to say, to the astonishment of all but Lucy, young Mrs. Haggard continued to "fret."
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSDavie would be well away, for he would fret about his grandmother, and that would do neither of them any good.
DAVID FLEMING'S FORGIVENESSMARGARET MURRAY ROBERTSONAnd the woman laughed, and said, Truly, thou doest ill to fret thyself for such a matter.
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAMBut the contemplation of his grief disturbs his equanimity more and more, and he begins to fret and fume.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKS“Ah, my dear, you careless young people make jokes of things that would fret us old ones to fiddle-strings,” reproved Mrs. Cramp.
JOHNNY LUDLOW, FOURTH SERIESMRS. HENRY WOODIt will either fret or pine itself to death, or beat itself to death against the bars of its cage.
THE DEVIL-TREE OF EL DORADOFRANK AUBREYSusannah pulled off her mask, as if the fret of it was beyond bearing, and gave him a glowing look.
THE RAKE'S PROGRESSMARJORIE BOWEN"Don't you fret any about that, Perk," answered Chub, with a wink at Penny as he lifted himself erect.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSWORDS RELATED TO FRET
- ached
- agonized
- anguished
- be brokenhearted
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- bled
- blubbered
- carried on
- complained
- cried
- deplored
- fretted
- grieved
- hurt
- keened
- lamented
- languished
- long for
- missed
- moaned
- pined
- regretted
- repined
- rued
- sighed
- sobbed
- sorrowed
- suffered
- took it hard
- wailed
- was sad
- wept
- wore black
- wrung hands
- yearned
- affront
- aggrieve
- anger
- annoy
- antagonize
- be disagreeable
- disgruntle
- disgust
- disoblige
- distress
- disturb
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- horrify
- hurt
- irritate
- jar
- miff
- nauseate
- nettle
- outrage
- pain
- pique
- provoke
- repel
- repulse
- rile
- shock
- sicken
- sin
- slight
- slur
- snub
- sting
- transgress
- trespass
- turn one off
- upset
- vex
- wound
- zing
- affronts
- aggrieves
- angers
- annoys
- antagonizes
- disgruntles
- disgusts
- disobliges
- distresses
- disturbs
- exasperates
- frets
- galls
- horrifies
- hurts
- irritates
- is disagreeable
- jars
- miffs
- nauseates
- nettles
- outrages
- pains
- piques
- provokes
- repels
- repulses
- riles
- shocks
- sickens
- sins
- slights
- slurs
- snubs
- stings
- transgresses
- trespasses
- turns one off
- upsets
- vexes
- winds
- zings
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