Frazzle
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intransitive verb.
To wear away along the edges; fray.
intransitive verb.
To exhaust physically or emotionally.
intransitive verb.
To become worn away along the edges.
intransitive verb.
To become exhausted physically or emotionally.
noun.
A frayed or tattered condition.
noun.
A condition of exhaustion.
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.
noun.
A shred; a tatter; a frayed rag; a frayed or worn-out condition: as, to be worn to a
frazzle.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end.
noun.
a state of extreme exhaustion; -- often used in the phrase worn to a frazzle.
transitive verb.
To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; -- used literally and figuratively.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To fray or wear down, especially at the edges.
verb.
To drain emotionally or physically
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noun.
a state of extreme exhaustion
verb.
exhaust physically or emotionally
verb.
wear away by rubbing
Form
frazzled
frazzling
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
beat
break
bust
exhaust
exhaustion
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Basil
basil
dazzle
razzle
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
SSRI
airlessness
behaviourthat
bimeby
brain
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
ablate
abrade
abrase
abrasion
agitate
verb-form
frazzled
frazzles
frazzling