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# fretful

adjective

«fretful» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

### Meaning

Easily upset, complaining and bad-tempered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fretful/#m1)

### Examples

- It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman. (Writings PRO.21.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fretful/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fretful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fretful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fretful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fretful.html) on Mova free.