(a.) Anxious; ill-humored; peevish; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper\.

Jeremianic abrupt agitated antsy antsy-pantsy anxious bad-tempered breathless bustling captious carping catty caviling chafing choleric complaining contrary crabby cranky critical cross curt disagreeable eager edgy excited faultfinding fidgety fluttering fluttery fractious fretting fussing fussy grumpy hasty hopped-up howling huffy ill-natured ill-tempered impatient impetuous in a lather in a stew in a sweat irascible irritable jumpy lamentive moanful moody mournful nagging naggy on edge peevish perverse pettish petulant plaintive plangent puling querulous resentful restive restless short short-tempered shrewish snappish sorrowful splenetic squirming squirmy sulky testy tetchy touchy turbulent ululant uneasy unpatient unquiet unsettled vexed vixenish vixenly wailful waspish whimpering whining whiny