fretful

He was a fretful perfectionist who would endlessly rehearse; Anne was naturally funny; she flowed.

In a twitch, a head tilt or a whine, Indy communicates his emotions: curious, lonely, contented, confused, fretful, desperate or petrified.

But there is no doubting this is a fretful moment, adversaries and conflicts around the world, deep seated problems at home.

With their heavy eyebrows and square jaws, they look like a fretful phalanx of Martin Scorseses reluctantly conceding that the movie is pretty fun.

Beyond that, he was shut down by fretful Democratic party operatives and politicians who told him: How can you talk about “Bidenomics” when polls say so many people aren’t “feeling the benefits”?!