fretted

[fret-id]

adjective

1. ornamented or provided with frets: fret.

   a fretted molding.

fretted

/ ˈfrɛtɪd /

adjective

1. ornamented with angular designs or frets

2. decorated with fretwork

Other Word Forms

• unfretted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fretted¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; fret ², -ed ²

Example Sentences

Instead, I fretted — how do you know when it’s time to say goodbye?

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He fretted over “small checks” he got for “only” eight hours of work and once, with no money to spare, simply wrote: “Ni para el periodico.”

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Yet those back in Labour HQ fretted that, from what little they gleaned, that work was inadequate.

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It fretted that Europe, with its economy and infrastructure in tatters, was vulnerable both to home-grown communist parties and abroad from an expansionist Soviet Union.

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And if that comes to pass, we’ll miss the days when we fretted over the price of eggs.

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