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Noun: fretfulness  fret-ful-nus
  1. A state of irritable anxiety or complaint
    "The baby's fretfulness indicated it was time for a nap";
    - irritability, crossness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler

Type of: distemper, ill humor [US], ill humour [Brit, Cdn]