'Fretted' definitions:
Definition of 'Fretted'
From: GCIDE
- Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan, for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten, OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See For, and Eat, v. t.]
- 1. To devour. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The sow frete the child right in the cradle. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship. [1913 Webster]
- With many a curve my banks I fret. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish. [1913 Webster]
- By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To tease; to irritate; to vex. [1913 Webster]
- Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps. xxxvii. 1. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fretted'
From: GCIDE
- Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d Fret.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Agitated; vexed; worried. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fretted'
From: GCIDE
- Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th Fret.]
- 1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fretted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beset,
- braided,
- dogged,
- enlaced,
- entwined,
- handwoven,
- harassed,
- harried,
- haunted,
- hounded,
- interknit,
- interlaced,
- interthreaded,
- intertied,
- intertissued,
- intertwined,
- interwoven,
- knit,
- laced,
- loomed,
- persecuted,
- plagued,
- plaited,
- platted,
- pleached,
- raddled,
- textile,
- tormented,
- twined,
- vexed,
- worried,
- worried sick,
- worried stiff,
- woven,
- wreathed