fretted

American  

[fret-id] / ˈfrɛt ɪd /

adjective

1. ornamented or provided with frets: fret.

   a fretted molding.

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fretted British  

/ ˈfrɛtɪd /

adjective

1. ornamented with angular designs or frets

2. decorated with fretwork

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Other Word Forms

• unfretted adjective

Etymology

Origin of fretted

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

Example Sentences

Others fretted that the work would drag on and that contractors would raise prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

England's pace attack will have collectively pondered, fretted and chewed the festive bowling fat on their journey from Adelaide to the Melbourne Cricket Ground this week.

From BBC

And Wall Street long has fretted that the athleisure category as a whole is on the losing side of a return to casual dressing and less momentum for loungewear and other of Lululemon’s specialties.

From MarketWatch

She fretted that her husband was hurting and hadn’t eaten that day, but Wardlaw brushed her concerns aside.

From Los Angeles Times

Investors and economists fretted about a new era of “secular stagnation” that would hurt financially conservative savers and make it harder for the Fed to fight recessions.

From The Wall Street Journal