transitive verb
to cause to suffer emotional strain vex //Don't you fret yourself about me. — J. C. Powys
to pass (time) in fretting //… a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage … — William Shakespeare
to eat or gnaw into corrode
also fray //The acid fretted the metal.
rub, chafe //The harness strap was fretting the horse.
to make by wearing away a substance //The stream fretted a channel.
agitate, ripple //fret the surface of the lake
intransitive verb
to become vexed or worried //… fretting over the high cost of feeding their families … — Vance Packard
of running water to become agitated //a brook fretting over rocks
to eat into something
to affect something as if by gnawing or biting grate //The … urgent voice fretted at his nerves. — Graham Greene
wear, corrode //Marble frets away due to the rain.
chafe //His back where the harness rubbed began to fret.
fray sense 1

noun (1)

Definition (Entry 2 of 6)

the action of wearing away erosion
a worn or eroded spot
an agitation of mind irritation

verb (2)

fretted; fretting

Definition (Entry 3 of 6)

transitive verb
to decorate with interlaced designs
to form a pattern upon
to enrich with embossed or pierced carved patterns

noun (2)

, self-possessed unhysterical

marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity //the frenzied pace of the first week of the new school year

Synonyms

delirious ferocious feverish fierce frantic frenetic furious mad rabid violent wild

excessive exorbitant extravagant extreme immoderate inordinate lavish overmuch overweening unconscionable undue

crazed [sometimes offensive] crazy [usually offensive] demented deranged [often offensive] insane irrational maniacal (also maniac)

Near Antonyms

calm peaceful placid quiet serene subdued tranquil undisturbed unperturbed untroubled

moderate reasonable temperate

casual easygoing low-pressure

balanced sane sound

Antonyms

relaxed

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

past tense of frenzy

to cause to go insane or as if insane //local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
Synonyms

cracked crazed deranged locoed maddened unbalanced unhinged unstrung
Related Words

agitated bothered confused discomposed disquieted distracted disturbed perturbed unsettled upset
annoyed irritated vexed (also vext)
Near Antonyms

calmed quieted relaxed settled soothed tranquilized (also tranquillized)

fret

verb (1)

ˈfret

fretted; fretting

Definition (Entry 1 of 6)

transitive verb
to cause to suffer emotional strain vex //Don't you fret yourself about me. — J. C. Powys
to pass (time) in fretting //… a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage … — William Shakespeare
to eat or gnaw into corrode
also fray //The acid fretted the metal.
rub, chafe //The harness strap was fretting the horse.
to make by wearing away a substance //The stream fretted a channel.
agitate, ripple //fret the surface of the lake
intransitive verb
to become vexed or worried //… fretting over the high cost of feeding their families … — Vance Packard
of running water to become agitated //a brook fretting over rocks
to eat into something
to affect something as if by gnawing or biting grate //The … urgent voice fretted at his nerves. — Graham Greene
wear, corrode //Marble frets away due to the rain.
chafe //His back where the harness rubbed began to fret.
fray sense 1

noun (1)

Definition (Entry 2 of 6)

the action of wearing away erosion
a worn or eroded spot
an agitation of mind irritation

verb (2)

fretted; fretting

Definition (Entry 3 of 6)

transitive verb
to decorate with interlaced designs
to form a pattern upon
to enrich with embossed or pierced carved patterns

noun (2)

, self-possessed unhysterical

marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity //the frenzied pace of the first week of the new school year

Synonyms

delirious ferocious feverish fierce frantic frenetic furious mad rabid violent wild

excessive exorbitant extravagant extreme immoderate inordinate lavish overmuch overweening unconscionable undue

crazed [sometimes offensive] crazy [usually offensive] demented deranged [often offensive] insane irrational maniacal (also maniac)

Near Antonyms

calm peaceful placid quiet serene subdued tranquil undisturbed unperturbed untroubled

moderate reasonable temperate

casual easygoing low-pressure

balanced sane sound

Antonyms

relaxed

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

past tense of frenzy

to cause to go insane or as if insane //local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
Synonyms

cracked crazed deranged locoed maddened unbalanced unhinged unstrung
Related Words

agitated bothered confused discomposed disquieted distracted disturbed perturbed unsettled upset
annoyed irritated vexed (also vext)
Near Antonyms

calmed quieted relaxed settled soothed tranquilized (also tranquillized)

fret

verb (1)

ˈfret

fretted; fretting

Definition (Entry 1 of 6)

transitive verb
to cause to suffer emotional strain vex //Don't you fret yourself about me. — J. C. Powys
to pass (time) in fretting //… a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage … — William Shakespeare
to eat or gnaw into corrode
also fray //The acid fretted the metal.
rub, chafe //The harness strap was fretting the horse.
to make by wearing away a substance //The stream fretted a channel.
agitate, ripple //fret the surface of the lake
intransitive verb
to become vexed or worried //… fretting over the high cost of feeding their families … — Vance Packard
of running water to become agitated //a brook fretting over rocks
to eat into something
to affect something as if by gnawing or biting grate //The … urgent voice fretted at his nerves. — Graham Greene
wear, corrode //Marble frets away due to the rain.
chafe //His back where the harness rubbed began to fret.
fray sense 1

noun (1)

Definition (Entry 2 of 6)

the action of wearing away erosion
a worn or eroded spot
an agitation of mind irritation

verb (2)

fretted; fretting

Definition (Entry 3 of 6)

transitive verb
to decorate with interlaced designs
to form a pattern upon
to enrich with embossed or pierced carved patterns

noun (2)

, self-possessed unhysterical

marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity //the frenzied pace of the first week of the new school year

Synonyms

delirious ferocious feverish fierce frantic frenetic furious mad rabid violent wild

excessive exorbitant extravagant extreme immoderate inordinate lavish overmuch overweening unconscionable undue

crazed [sometimes offensive] crazy [usually offensive] demented deranged [often offensive] insane irrational maniacal (also maniac)

Near Antonyms

calm peaceful placid quiet serene subdued tranquil undisturbed unperturbed untroubled

moderate reasonable temperate

casual easygoing low-pressure

balanced sane sound

Antonyms

relaxed

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

past tense of frenzy

to cause to go insane or as if insane //local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
Synonyms

cracked crazed deranged locoed maddened unbalanced unhinged unstrung
Related Words

agitated bothered confused discomposed disquieted distracted disturbed perturbed unsettled upset
annoyed irritated vexed (also vext)
Near Antonyms

calmed quieted relaxed settled soothed tranquilized (also tranquillized)

fret

verb (1)

ˈfret

fretted; fretting

Definition (Entry 1 of 6)

transitive verb
to cause to suffer emotional strain vex //Don't you fret yourself about me. — J. C. Powys
to pass (time) in fretting //… a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage … — William Shakespeare
to eat or gnaw into corrode
also fray //The acid fretted the metal.
rub, chafe //The harness strap was fretting the horse.
to make by wearing away a substance //The stream fretted a channel.
agitate, ripple //fret the surface of the lake
intransitive verb
to become vexed or worried //… fretting over the high cost of feeding their families … — Vance Packard
of running water to become agitated //a brook fretting over rocks
to eat into something
to affect something as if by gnawing or biting grate //The … urgent voice fretted at his nerves. — Graham Greene
wear, corrode //Marble frets away due to the rain.
chafe //His back where the harness rubbed began to fret.
fray sense 1

noun (1)

Definition (Entry 2 of 6)

the action of wearing away erosion
a worn or eroded spot
an agitation of mind irritation

verb (2)

fretted; fretting

Definition (Entry 3 of 6)

transitive verb
to decorate with interlaced designs
to form a pattern upon
to enrich with embossed or pierced carved patterns

noun (2)