fret

/frɛt/

意味: いら立ち、不安

例文: Kai’s fret over glitter stains amused June.
　　  カイのキラキラ汚れへの心配がジューンを笑わせた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: fret about(心配する), fret over(気にする), fret with(悩む)

定義: 心配や不安で落ち着かない状態になること。何かについてくよくよ考えたり、心配したりすること。

fretは約500,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: agitation resulting from active worry
Noun: a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
Noun: an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
Noun: a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
Verb: worry unnecessarily or excessively
Verb: be agitated or irritated
Verb: provide (a musical instrument) with frets
Verb: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
Verb: cause annoyance in
Verb: gnaw into; make resentful or angry
Verb: carve a pattern into
Verb: decorate with an interlaced design
Verb: be too tight; rub or press
Verb: cause friction
Verb: remove soil or rock
Verb: wear away or erode

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Don’t fret about the upcoming exam.(試験のことで心配しないで。)
She began to fret over the lost keys.(彼女はなくした鍵のことで悩み始めた。)
Fret not, everything will be alright soon.(心配しないで、すぐにすべてうまくいくよ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: don’t get in a stew
Noun: he’s in a sweat about exams
Noun: there was a simple fret at the top of the walls
Verb: don’t fuss too much over the grandchildren–they are quite big now
Verb: don’t fret over these small details
Verb: fret a guitar
Verb: The injustice rankled her
Verb: his resentment festered
Verb: This neckband is choking the cat
Verb: my sweater scratches
Verb: Rain eroded the terraces

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Greek fret, Greek key, chafe, choke, eat away, eat into, erode, fray, fret, fuss, gag, gall, grate, key pattern, lather, niggle, rankle, rub, scratch, stew, sweat, swither, worn spot

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): agitation, annoy, architectural ornament, bar, carve, compress, corrode, damage, decorate, irritate, spot, supply, touch, worry

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): afflict, air-cool, alphabetize, antagonize, antefix, applique, arm, astringe, attach, bang up, bead, bear down, bed, bedizen, bejewel, belaying pin, berth, bewhisker, bilge, bolt, border, bottom, braid, brattice, break, bruise, burn, bush, calk, canal, caparison, capitalize, caption, carpenter’s level, causeway, chafe, charge, chinning bar, choke, cleat, cling, coal, color, computerize, constitutionalize, convulse, copper-bottom, corbel, core, cornice, corrode, costume, cover, crenel, crocket, crossbar, curtain, dado, date, deck, disturb, disturbance, dither, dogtooth, drawbar, dress ship, eat into, emblazon, embroider, enamel, encrust, equip, erode, extend, facula, fear, feed, festoon, fillet, flag, flaw, fledge, flood, foliate, foliation, fret, frieze, fringe, frost, fuel, fund, furnish, fuss, garland, gate, get, gild, gild the lily, glass, grab bar, grate, guilloche, handlebar, handspike, hang, harass, hat, headline, headquarter, heat, heaver, hew, hobnail, hug, hurt, hydrate, illuminate, illustrate, impair, index, inlay, innervate, interleave, joint, kern, key, lacquer, landscape, lean on, lever, leverage, machicolate, macule, mar, match, mutilate, nebula, obsess, offer, panel, parhelion, partner, patch, peeve, pipe, plaque, pour, prank, prim, provision, pump, rafter, rail, railroad, ramp, redecorate, reflectorize, retrofit, rim, rotor, rub, ruffle, sanitate, scallop, sculpt, seat, shackle, shatter, shelter, signalize, slat, slice bar, smock, spangle, speck, splash, stabilizer bar, step, stick, stint, stock, strangulate, stucco, subtitle, sunspot, surfeit, surround, tailspin, tap, tart up, terrace, theme, ticket, tinsel, toggle, tool, top, total, towel rail, track, transistorize, trefoil, trim, tube, uniform, upholster, vermiculate, victual, water, wharf, whittle away, wive, worn spot, wreathe, yield

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): dither, honeycomb, scruple, wash

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: chafe, choker, eroding, erosion, erosive, fret, fuss, gall, rubbing, scratch, stew

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: fear, negative