"fretful" in the adjective sense
1. antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy
nervous and unable to relax
"a constant fretful stamping of hooves"
"a restless child"
2. fretful, querulous, whiney, whiny
habitually complaining
"a whiny child"
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