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frayed
adjective as in ragged
Strong matches
adjective as in raggedy
adjective as in scraggly
adjective as in scrubby
Weak matches
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
adjective as in shabby
Strongest matches
adjective as in tatterdemalion
adjective as in tattered
adjective as in tatty
Weak matches
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
adjective as in worn
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in worn-out
adjective as in worn/worn-out
Weak matches
- beat
- burned out
- bushed
- busted
- clichéd
- consumed
- depleted
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- drained
- drawn
- effete
- exhausted
- fatigued
- gone
- hackneyed
- had it
- haggard
- jaded
- kaput
- knocked out
- old
- out of gas
- overused
- overworked
- pinched
- played-out
- pooped
- ragged
- ruined
- shabby
- shot
- spent
- stale
- tattered
- the worse for wear
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired out
- totaled
- used-up
- useless
- wearied
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped-out
- worn-down
- wrung out
Example Sentences
As we watched, he uncovered a frayed, brownish jumper covered in dirt.
Gardeners at the September meetup were dressed in various looks, from frayed overalls and baseball caps to babydoll dresses and chokers.
But New Delhi also has worked to repair relations with the U.S. that have frayed in recent months.
Recent state and federal spending cuts will pull dollars out of an already frayed health system, exacerbating the shortage of care and making its efforts more challenging.
But over the past year or so, Beijing and Delhi have been taking steps to gradually re-rebuild the frayed relationship.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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