fretfulness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From fretful + -ness.

It was the last self-exhausting effort of my fretfulness, for after that I slept soundly. — Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
There will immediately arise from the depth of his heart weariness, gloom, sadness, fretfulness, vexation, despair. — Pascal's Pensées, Blaise Pascal
“Did you hear me?” she said, still quietly and rapidly, and without the least fretfulness or impatience. — The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins

irritability, crossness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler

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