Definition of Frazzle

1. Noun. A state of extreme exhaustion. "He was worn to a frazzle"

Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Exhaustion

2. Verb. Wear away by rubbing. "The friction frayed the sleeve"
Exact synonyms: Fray
Generic synonyms: Break, Bust, Fall Apart, Wear, Wear Out

3. Verb. Exhaust physically or emotionally. "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Exhaust, Tucker, Tucker Out, Wash Up

Definition of Frazzle

1. v. t. To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; -- used literally and figuratively.

2. n. The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end.

Definition of Frazzle

1. Verb. To fray or wear down, especially at the edges. ¹

2. Verb. To drain emotionally or physically ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frazzle

1. to fray [v -ZLED, -ZLING, -ZLES] - See also: fray

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frazzle

frautage
frautages
fraxin
fraxinella
fraxinellas
fraxinus
fray
frayed
fraying
frayings
fraynen
frayproof
frays
frazil
frazils
frazzle (current term)
frazzled
frazzledness
frazzles
frazzling
freak accident
freak accidents
freak flag
freak of nature
freak out
freak shows
freaked
freakeries

Literary usage of Frazzle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"NED 1882 All these causes combined dwindled the Army of Northern Virginia away to a mere frazzle, as General Gordon expressed it.—' Southern Hist. Soc. ..."

2. The Conjure Woman by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1899)
"... his vimes en his nigger in de same year; en he swo' dat ef he could git holt er dat Yankee he 'd wear 'im ter a frazzle, en den chaw up de frazzle; ..."

3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"In India and Arabia a package something similar of coffee is called frazzle or Frazil. Frail is also a term used by spinsters, in the same sense as ..."

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