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- Dictionaryfretted/ˈfrɛtɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of a stringed instrument) having frets: "a plucked string instrument with a fretted fingerboard"
- 2. (of a note) played while pressing the string down against a fret: "fretted notes"
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FRETTED definition: 1. (of a musical instrument with strings, such as a guitar) having small raised metal bars across…. Learn more.
fret. verb [ I ] uk / fret / us / fret / -tt- Add to word list. to be nervous or worried: Don't fret - I'm sure he's OK. fret about She spent the day fretting about what she'd said to Nicky. fret over As a new mother, I fretted over any delay in my daughter's development. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anxious and worried.
The verb is used literally, as in "Moths fretted the clothing," but more often figuratively to describe actions that corrode or wear away. A river "frets away" at its banks, or something might be said to be "fretted out" with time or age.
Fretted definition: ornamented or provided with frets. See examples of FRETTED used in a sentence.
to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help. Synonyms: rage, fume. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
1. verb. If you fret about something, you worry about it. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems. [V + about/over] But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more. [VERB that] Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake. [VERB]
2 meanings: 1. ornamented with angular designs or frets 2. decorated with fretwork.... Click for more definitions.
