Word Study
fretting (root: fret)
THESAURUS
fretting
ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, annoying, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxiety, anxious, attrition, attritive, bothersome, breathless, breathless impatience, buffing, burnishing, chafe, chafing, detrition, disquieting, disquietude, distressful, distressing, disturbing, dressing, eager, eagerness, edgy, erasure, erosion, erosive, excited, excitement, filing, fretful, fretfulness, galling, gnawing, grating, grazing, grinding, harassing, harassment, haste, hasty, hopped-up, impatience, impatient, impatientness, impetuous, impetuousness, in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, irritant, irritating, irritative, lather, limation, on edge, plaguing, polishing, rasping, restive, restiveness, restless, restlessness, rubbing away, sandblasting, sanding, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scratchy, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, shining, smoothing, squirming, squirmy, stew, stinging, sweat, tense readiness, torment, tormenting, troublesome, uneasiness, uneasy, unpatient, unpatientness, unquiet, unquietness, upsetting, wear, wearing away, worriedness, worries and cares, worriment, worrisome, worry, worryingFor further exploring for "fretting" in Webster Dictionary Online