to fret
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4.2
- verb
- /frɛt/
:
preocuparse por
- She tends to fret over every little detail before a big presentation.
- fret over shifts
- researchers fret
It's been a minute, but don't you worry, fret not, the plant survives.
- It's been a minute, but don't you worry, fret not, the plant survives.
- Listen instead of fretting about the size of my ears?
- So it's just it's pointless to fret about them.
- I worry about security and nowadays it's really easy to to fret about this, that sort of thing.
- So for now, there's nothing to fret about.
- But something inside me was just fretting.
- But there is so much work to be done, and I'm sitting around fretting about it and thinking about it constantly.
- Do not fret when evil men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
- I have a lot of exciting things in place to get you guys a lot more content, so don't fret.
- If the 'cause, he says, be known, only fret by the effect.
Examples
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It's the first time they've been apart, so she frets about him.
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Do not fret, my good man.
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And so before you fret about politics, try and serve someone next to you.
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Perhaps we should just let him fret about it for a few days.
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Mother used to fret about the move up north and talk about it constantly.
Fiction book (1994) -
Do not fret when evil men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
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But listen, I want you to stop fretting about this.
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We've been fretting over you.
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Eve is newly freed from her unhappy marriage, but her psychologist frets over her status.
Academic text (2014) -
And if that's you, don't fret, because now is your time to ascend to the crisp, clean land of good audio.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make someone feel nervous or upset about possible problems
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1.0
To annoy or disturb someone
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1.0
Make someone feel sad or worried
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2.8
To worry too much about small things
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6.3
To get nervous and make a small fuss
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3.9
To feel a small, constant worry that bothers you
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5.5
To make someone nervous so they cannot think clearly
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6.8
To make someone feel more and more upset or angry inside
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7.6
To keep someone feeling slightly worried or annoyed
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7.3
To make someone feel worried or uneasy
To act nervously and make a small fuss
To worry too much about things you cannot control
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A repeating design of vertical and horizontal lines that people use to decorate buildings and objects
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Etymology
Fret comes from an old verb meaning 'to eat away', so worry was seen as something that slowly eats at you; that's why to fret is to be or make someone worried.