Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great
excoriation.
Wiseman.
3. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor
frets in the malignant breast.
4. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter
peevish expressions.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
Dryden.
Fret, n. 1. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or
other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. Addison.
2. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of
temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.
Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret.
Pope.