frazzle
to wear to threads or shreds; fray.
to weary; tire out: Those six eight-year-olds frazzled me.
the state of being frazzled or worn-out.
a remnant; shred.
Origin of frazzle
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How to use frazzle in a sentence
He was streaked with ashes and soot and sweat, and so was his horse, and they both looked worn to a frazzle.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. SabinAll he's got to do is to start out empty-handed and lick the world to a frazzle.
Destiny | Charles Neville BuckNeither can lick the other to a frazzle and neither can afford to give up till it is completely licked.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I | Burton J. HendrickSo back to the hotel went Billy to enter upon a period of waiting that frayed his nerves to an utter frazzle.
The Palace of Darkened Windows | Mary Hastings BradleyIf you face the supernatural, it is more than half beaten to a frazzle, before the fight begins.
The Ghost Breaker | Charles Goddard
British Dictionary definitions for frazzle
/ (ˈfræzəl) /
informal to make or become exhausted or weary; tire out
a less common word for fray 2 (def. 1)
informal the state of being frazzled or exhausted
a frayed end or remnant
to a frazzle informal absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
Origin of frazzle
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