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fretter

/ˈfrɛtə/

/ˈfrɛtər/

fretternoun

fretters

/ˈfrɛtə/

/ˈfrɛtər/

Translations

беспокойный человек

The fretter couldn't stop worrying about the upcoming exam.

Беспокойный человек не мог перестать волноваться из-за предстоящего экзамена.

Definitions

A person who frets or worries excessively.

She was known as a fretter, always anxious about the smallest details.

A craftsperson who creates or decorates objects with fretwork (interlaced ornamental designs).

The museum hired a skilled fretter to restore the seventeenth-century lattice panels.

Synonyms

anxious person

nervous person

fretterproper noun

Definitions

A surname, also the corporate name of a defunct American electronics retailer (Fretter Inc.).

Fretter once operated dozens of appliance stores across the Midwest.