Frazzle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To wear away along the edges; fray.
  • v. To exhaust physically or emotionally.
  • verb-intransitive. To become worn away along the edges.
  • verb-intransitive. To become exhausted physically or emotionally.
  • n. A frayed or tattered condition.
  • n. A condition of exhaustion: worked themselves to a frazzle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To fray or wear down, especially at the edges.
  • v. To drain emotionally or physically
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; -- used literally and figuratively.
  • n. The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end.
  • n. a state of extreme exhaustion; -- often used in the phrase worn to a frazzle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ravel out, as the edge of a fabric; unravel; fray.
  • To wear, as by hard usage, into shreds, rags, or tatters; fray out; tear to pieces.
  • n. A shred; a tatter; a frayed rag; a frayed or worn-out condition: as, to be worn to a frazzle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a state of extreme exhaustion
  • v. exhaust physically or emotionally
  • v. wear away by rubbing
  • Verb Form
    frazzled    frazzles    frazzling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    exhaustion    beat    tucker out    wash up    tucker    exhaust    break    bust    wear out    fall apart   
    Form
    frazzled    frazzling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fray    tatter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Basil    basil    dazzle    razzle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts