fretting

/ˈfrɛtɪŋ/

意味: 心配する、くよくよする（現在分詞）

例文: Stop fretting, Momo—your snack is safe.
　　  モモ、くよくよしないで—おやつは無事だよ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: fretting over(心配する), fretting about(気にする), stop fretting(心配をやめる)

定義: 何かについて心配したり、悩んだりすることを指します。特に小さなことや、あまり重要でないことに対して過度に心配する場合に使われます。

frettingは約2,000,000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)

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)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She was fretting over the upcoming exam all night.(彼女は一晩中、来る試験を心配していた。)
Stop fretting and focus on what you can control.(心配せずに、自分でコントロールできることに集中しなさい。)
He kept fretting about the lost keys until they were found.(彼は鍵をなくしたことでずっと悩んでいたが、見つかった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

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): chafe, choke, eat away, eat into, erode, fray, fret, fuss, gag, gall, grate, niggle, rankle, rub, scratch

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): annoy, carve, compress, corrode, damage, decorate, irritate, supply, touch, worry

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

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ing

Exam Level

英検1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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