Synonyms of frets

frets 1 of 2

noun

plural of fret

as in panics

a state of nervous or irritated concern

one of my customers always gets into a fret if I'm so much as 15 minutes late delivering his newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• panics
• fusses
• sweats
• huffs
• dithers
• twitters
• tizzies
• swelters
• flusters
• lathers
• stews
• pothers
• swivets
• alarums
• alarms
• agitations
• piques
• dudgeons
• hysterias
• deliriums
• furors
• hand-wringings
• nervous breakdowns
• distractions
• ados
• bothers
• uproars

frets

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fret

1

as in erodes

to consume or wear away gradually

over the span of thousands of years, the annual spring runoff fretted the rock, forming a deep channel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erodes
• eats
• corrodes
• gnaws
• bites (at)
• destroys
• decomposes
• nibbles
• disintegrates
• dissolves
• ruins
• wastes
• wrecks
• breaks down
• breaks up
• decimates
• devastates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restores
• revives
• recreates
• regenerates
• renews
• refreshes
• rejuvenates
• freshens
• revitalizes
• refreshens

2

as in wears

to damage or diminish by continued friction

don't let the girth fret the horse's belly or you won't be able to ride him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wears
• erodes
• frays
• rubs
• chafes
• abrades
• reduces
• shaves
• scrapes
• rasps
• erases
• bites
• eats
• galls
• sharpens
• corrades
• files
• frazzles
• gnaws
• scuffs
• grates
• sandpapers
• scours
• chews
• corrodes
• grazes
• disintegrates
• sandblasts
• decomposes
• nibbles
• wears out
• grinds
• dissolves
• wipes (away)
• whets
• hones
• rubs out
• breaks up
• breaks down

3

as in worries

to experience concern or anxiety

don't fret over whether it will be sunny tomorrow, as there's nothing we can do about it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worries
• fears
• stresses
• troubles
• fusses
• stews
• bothers
• sweats
• cares a hang
• agonizes
• sweats blood
• longs
• gives a hang
• pines
• yearns
• despairs
• chafes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepts
• takes
• sustains
• tolerates
• endures
• bears
• sticks out
• abides
• stomachs

4

as in irritates

to make sore by continued rubbing

the stiff, starchy collar was fretting my neck, and I couldn't wait to change out of that costume

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritates
• scratches
• scrapes
• excoriates
• chafes
• galls
• abrades
• burns
• grazes
• peels
• skins
• inflames
• flays
• enflames