frazzled

verbwear out

Synonyms for frazzled

verb wear out

Antonyms for frazzled

Word Origin & History

c.1825, "to unravel" (of clothing), from East Anglian variant of 17c. fasel "to unravel, fray" (as the end of a rope), from Middle English facelyn "to fray" (mid-15c.), from fasylle "fringe, frayed edge," diminutive of Old English fæs "fringe." Related: Frazzled, frazzling. Cf. German Faser "thread, fiber, filament," Middle Dutch vese "fringe, fiber, chaff." Probably influenced in form by fray (v.). As a noun, from 1865, American English.

Example Sentences for frazzled

You're living too close and your nerves are sort of frazzled.

The poor fellow looked so old and frazzled that Odin could not recognize him.

His clothes were frazzled, but I didn't notice that till later.

I am not prone on my green couch, frayed, frazzled, bowed-down in spirit from a day of frightful stress and cross-purpose.

Do you guess we were frazzled up to the limit and not braced to hold back or anything, the way civilized people do?

His very fierceness, eloquent of frazzled nerves, was proof conclusive.

He was an elegant old gentleman, as thin and tall as a trout rod, with frazzled shirt-cuffs and specs on a black string.

You had on a faded, frazzled grey shawl, 'bout lak de one you had on today.

Don't you suppose we'd have fought and barked at each other just the same if we'd been married according to the frazzled old rule?

He uttered a short curse and managed to collide with a bulky woman with frazzled black hair.

frazzled

Synonyms for frazzled

Antonyms for frazzled

prostrate

ragged

raggedy

scraggly

stressed out

frazzled

Synonyms for frazzled

Antonyms for frazzled

More words related to frazzled

exhausted

prostrate

ragged

raggedy

scraggly

stressed out