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Fretful (Adjective)

Nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child".

All adjective clusters.

The patient was fretful and agitated, unable to settle down after the surgery.
The sound of the wind outside made her fretful, and she paced back and forth in her room.
As the flight was delayed, the passengers became increasingly fretful, checking their watches every few minutes.
The child was fretful and irritable, refusing to nap and clinging to his mother's leg.
The old horse was fretful and skittish, dancing nervously on the pavement as it waited for its rider.