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Adjective: fretful  fret-ful
  1. Nervous and unable to relax
    "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"
    - antsy [N. Amer], fidgety, itchy
     
  2. Habitually complaining
    "a fretful child"
    - querulous, whiney, whiny

See also: complaining, complaintive, fretfully, fretfulness, tense