An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FRETFUL
fretful, querulous, whiney, whiny
(adjective) habitually complaining; “a whiny child”
antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy
(adjective) nervous and unable to relax; “a constant fretful stamping of hooves”; “a restless child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fretful (comparative more fretful, superlative most fretful)
Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish.
Unable to relax; fidgety or restless.
Anagrams
• truffle
Source: Wiktionary
Fret"ful, a. Etym: [See 2d Fret.]
Definition: Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.
– Fret"ful-ly, adv.
– Fret"ful-ness, n.
Syn.
– Peevish; ill-humored; ill-natured; irritable; waspish; captious; petulant; splenetic; spleeny; passionate; angry.
– Fretful, Peevish, Cross. These words all indicate an unamiable working and expression of temper. Peevish marks more especially the inward spirit: a peevish man is always ready to find fault. Fretful points rather to the outward act, and marks a complaining impatience: sickly children are apt to be fretful. Crossness is peevishness mingled with vexation or anger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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