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worry; be anxious

fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither(noun)

agitation resulting from active worry

"don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"

worn spot, fret(noun)

a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion

fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern(noun)

an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)

"there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"

fret(verb)

a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

fuss, niggle, fret(verb)

worry unnecessarily or excessively

"don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

fret(verb)

be agitated or irritated

"don't fret over these small details"

fret(verb)

provide (a musical instrument) with frets

"fret a guitar"

chafe, gall, fret(verb)

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

fret(verb)

cause annoyance in

eat into, fret, rankle, grate(verb)

gnaw into; make resentful or angry

"The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

fret(verb)

carve a pattern into

fret(verb)

decorate with an interlaced design

choke, gag, fret(verb)

be too tight; rub or press

"This neckband is choking the cat"

rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch(verb)

cause friction

"my sweater scratches"

erode, eat away, fret(verb)

remove soil or rock

"Rain eroded the terraces"

fret, eat away(verb)

wear away or erode

to consume or wear away gradually

over the span of thousands of years, the annual spring runoff fretted the rock, forming a deep channel

to damage or diminish by continued friction

don't let the girth fret the horse's belly or you won't be able to ride him

to experience concern or anxiety

don't fret over whether it will be sunny tomorrow, as there's nothing we can do about it

to make sore by continued rubbing

the stiff, starchy collar was fretting my neck, and I couldn't wait to change out of that costume

a state of nervous or irritated concern

one of my customers always gets into a fret if I'm so much as 15 minutes late delivering his newspaper

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