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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

beset, braided, dogged, enlaced, entwined, handwoven, harassed, harried, haunted, hounded, interknit, interlaced, interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined, interwoven, knit, laced, loomed, persecuted, plagued, plaited, platted, pleached, raddled, textile, tormented, twined, vexed, worried, worried sick, worried stiff, woven, wreathed

Dictionary Results for fretted:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fretted
    adj 1: having frets [ant: unfretted]
    2: having a pattern of fretwork or latticework [syn: fretted,
       interlaced, latticed, latticelike]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fret \Fret\ (fr[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fretted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Fretting.] [OE. freten to eat, consume; AS. fretan,
   for foretan; pref. for- + etan to eat; akin to D. vreten,
   OHG. frezzan, G. fressen, Sw. fr[aum]ta, Goth. fra-itan. See
   For, and Eat, v. t.]
   1. To devour. [Obs.]
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            The sow frete the child right in the cradle.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall;
      hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a
      piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a
      ship.
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            With many a curve my banks I fret.    --Tennyson.
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   3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
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            By starts
            His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear. --Shak.
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   4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple;
      as, to fret the surface of water.
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   5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
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            Fret not thyself because of evil doers. --Ps.
                                                  xxxvii. 1.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [From 2d Fret.]
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   1. Rubbed or worn away; chafed.
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   2. Agitated; vexed; worried.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fretted \Fret"ted\, p. p. & a. [See 5th Fret.]
   1. Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets;
      variegated; made rough on the surface.
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   2. (Her.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and
      ordinaries.
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