Meanings
adjectiveunfretting (comparative more unfretting, superlative most unfretting)
comparative more unfretting · superlative most unfretting
- Calm; not fretful.
Scar's line still stood quiet, unfretting.
2022, Alan Le May, The Searchers2 more examples
How many of you are leading an unfretting, unanxious, a hopeful, cheerful life?
1868, Henry Ward Beecher, Sermons - Volume 1, page 190Every hour of day brought some unfretting task or hale pastime.
1899, George Washington Cable, Strong Hearts
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unfret
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unfretting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfretting
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