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
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a state of extreme exhaustion
  • verb. exhaust physically or emotionally
  • verb. wear away by rubbing
  • Form
    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
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ablate  abrade  abrase  abrasion  agitate  
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