Fretted

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Adorned with frets or fretwork; exhibiting sunk or raised ornamentation in rectangular forms; having many intersecting groins or ribs.
  • In heraldry, interlaced one with another: said of any charges which can be so combined: as, a chevron fretted with a bar.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • past participle. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
  • past participle. Agitated; vexed; worried.
  • past participle. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
  • past participle. Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.
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  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of fret.
  • adjective. (of a musical instrument) Having frets.
  • adjective. decorated with fretwork
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  • adjective. having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
  • adjective. having frets
    • Word Usage
    "At first, whenever this happened, his wife fretted extremely -- _fretted_ is the right word, for it was more a fitful chafing than a positive grief."
    cross-reference
    fret fretted  
    Equivalent
    reticular  reticulate  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abetted  indebted  jetted  netted  petted  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agitated  beset  braided  chafed  dogged  
    verb-stem
    fret  
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