Home › Words › F › frettinessfrettinessfrettiness means the quality of being fretty; fretfulness.EtymologyFrom fretty + -ness.nounThe quality of being fretty; fretfulness.e.g.“He carries on operations upon so vast a scale that he casts out frettiness and meanness wherever he goes.” — 1856, The Indiana school journal, volume 1, page 2:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fretfulness 85% match — The quality of being fretful, or prone to fretting; an emotional state combining restlessness, anxiety and irritability. vs frettiness →fretsome 76% match — Characterised or marked by fretting or fretfulness; fidgety, restless. vs frettiness →fretting 72% match — An irritation or worrying; a worry. vs frettiness →frettingly 71% match — With fretting behaviour. vs frettiness →fussiness 68% match — The state of being fussy. vs frettiness →finickingness 68% match — The quality of being finicking. vs frettiness →fumishness 67% match — fretfulness; rage vs frettiness →fiddliness 67% match — The quality of being fiddly; complicated awkwardness. vs frettiness →