fretful
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[more fretful; most fretful]
1 : upset and worried
- a fretful child
2 : not relaxing or restful
- He fell into a fretful sleep.
— fretfully
adverb- He was sleeping fretfully.
— fretfulness
noun,[noncount]- the child's fretfulness
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