fretfulness

1. Bennet, through the assistance of servants, contrived to have the earliest tidings of it, that the period of anxiety and fretfulness on her side might be as long as it could.
   班纳特太太多亏了佣人们加以协助，获得消息最早，因此烦神也烦得最久。
2. She had probably alienated love by the helplessness and fretfulness of a fearful temper, or been unreasonable in wanting a larger share than any one among so many could deserve.
   她也许是由于胆小无助，焦虑不安，而没去博得她的爱，要不就是她不懂道理，在那么多需要母爱的孩子中间，想比别人多得到一点爱。

noun

1. an irritable petulant feeling

   Synonym:    irritabilitycrossnessfussinesspeevishnesspetulancecholer