Fret, v. n. Chafe, fume, rage, be vexed, be irritated, be chafed, be peevish, be fretful, be angry.
Fret, n.
- 1. Agitation, irritation, vexation, fretfulness, fretting, peevishness.
- 2. Herpes, tetter, ringworm.
- 3. Fretwork, intertwined linear ornament, square raised ornament, key ornament.
- 4. Ridge, raised line, whelk, wale.
Fretful, a. Peevish, petulant, touchy, testy, snappish, waspish, pettish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered.
Fretfulness, n. Peevishness, petulance, touchiness, testiness, snappishness, waspishness, pettishness, spleen, captiousness, irritability, ill-humor, ill-temper.
Friable, a. Crumbling, pulverable, easily crumbled.
Friar-bird, n. Leather-head (Tropidorhyncus corniculatus).
Friar’s-crown, n. Friar’s-thistle, woolly-headed thistle (Carduus eriophorus).
Friar’s-lantern, n. Ignis fatuus, will o’the wisp, jack-a-lantern.
Fribble, a. Trifling, frivolous, silly, fribbling, frippery.
Fribble, n. Trifler, frivolous fellow, fribbler, coxcomb.
Fribble, v. n.
- 1. Trifle, cavil feebly, play the fribble (r).
- 2. Totter.
Friction, n.
- 1. Attrition, abrasion, confrication, rubbing.
- 2. Rubbing or rolling resistance, resistance from roughness.
Friend, n.
- 1. Confidant, intimate, dear companion, loved or loving associate, bosom friend.