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Fretful vs Intolerant - What's the difference?

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Fretful is a related term of intolerant.


As adjectives the difference between fretful and intolerant

is that fretful is irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish while intolerant is intolerant; not tolerant.

fretful

English

Alternative forms

* fretfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish
  • * 1909:
    • 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.
  • unable to relax; fidgety or restless

    • Anagrams

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    intolerant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
    • I am lactose-intolerant , so I can't drink milk.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses.
  • Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas. indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.

    • Related terms

    * intolerance * intolerantly * intolerate * intoleration * tolerance * tolerant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is intolerant; a bigot.
  • * 1856 , John David Chambers, Strictures, legal and historical, on the judgment of the Consistory Court of London, in December, 1855, in the Case of Westerton Versus Liddell
    • a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants , might perhaps have cast its shadow over him.

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