Uneasy vs Fretful - What's the difference?
uneasy | fretful | Related terms |
(rare) Not easy; difficult.
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=17 Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish
* 1909:
unable to relax; fidgety or restless
Uneasy is a related term of fretful.
As adjectives the difference between uneasy and fretful
is that uneasy is (rare) not easy; difficult or uneasy can be restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed while fretful is irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish.uneasy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) unesy, equivalent to ; see uneath.Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From (etyl) unesy, . More at .Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
- I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
fretful
English
Alternative forms
* fretfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
