fretted

[fret-id] / ˈfrɛt ɪd /

ADJECTIVE

haggard

Synonyms

STRONG

lean pale skinny spare wan

WEAK

ashen careworn drawn emaciated exhausted faded fagged fatigued gaunt ghastly lank pallid pinched scraggy scrawny shrunken starved thin tired wasted weak wearied worn-down wrinkled

Antonyms

STRONG

colorful fat plump thick

WEAK

fresh healthy hearty strong unworn

ADJECTIVE

hollow-eyed

Synonyms

WEAK

ashen careworn drawn emaciated exhausted faded fagged fatigued gaunt ghastly lank lean pale pallid pinched scraggy scrawny shrunken skinny spare starved thin tired wan wasted weak wearied worn worn-down wrinkled

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But the host-gear befretted he held many seasons, 2620 The bill and the byrny, until his own boy might Do him the earlship as did his ere-father.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 2

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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 2