fret :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

sweat, stew, lather, swither

n. agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"

fret

v. decorate with an interlaced design

fret

v. carve a pattern into

fret

v. cause annoyance in

eat away

v. wear away or erode

be irritated

v. be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details"

eat away, erode

v. remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"

choke, gag

v. be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"

grate, eat into, rankle

v. gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

fuss, niggle

v. worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

gall, chafe

v. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

rub, fray, scratch, chafe

v. cause friction; "my sweater scratches"

touch, disturb

v. tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"

worry, make anxious, give cause to worry

v. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"

decay

v. undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"

throttle, strangulate, strangle

v. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

smother, suffocate, asphyxiate

v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

choke, conk, croak, pop off, die suddenly, die unexpectedly, drop dead, snuff it, buy the farm, kick the bucket

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

anger, make angry

v. make angry; "The news angered him"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, make worse

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

sharpen, make sharper, make sharp

v. make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"

acerbate, envenom, embitter, make bitter, cause to be bitter

v. cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

poison, envenom

v. add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"