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Search phrase: fretful

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HamletHam I.v.20Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine:
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.11Sir John, you are so fretful you cannot liveSir Iohn, you are so fretfull, you cannot liue
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.403Away! Though parting be a fretful corrosive,Away: Though parting be a fretfull corosiue,
King LearKL III.i.4Contending with the fretful elements:Contending with the fretfull Elements;

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fretfulangry, irritated, ill-tempered
fretfulirritating, aggravating, gnawing
peevishfretful, irritable, ill-tempered
teachyirritable, peevish, fretful
tetchyirritable, peevish, fretful

Thesaurus

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fretfultetchy
fretfulpeevish

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