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Synonyms for frazzled

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fraz-uh ld
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræz əld

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Définition of frazzled

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb wear out
Example sentences :
  • You're living too close and your nerves are sort of frazzled.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • The poor fellow looked so old and frazzled that Odin could not recognize him.
  • Extract from : « Hunters Out of Space » by Joseph Everidge Kelleam
  • His clothes were frazzled, but I didn't notice that till later.
  • Extract from : « Options » by O. Henry
  • I am not prone on my green couch, frayed, frazzled, bowed-down in spirit from a day of frightful stress and cross-purpose.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • Do you guess we were frazzled up to the limit and not braced to hold back or anything, the way civilized people do?
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • His very fierceness, eloquent of frazzled nerves, was proof conclusive.
  • Extract from : « The Firefly Of France » by Marion Polk Angellotti
  • He was an elegant old gentleman, as thin and tall as a trout rod, with frazzled shirt-cuffs and specs on a black string.
  • Extract from : « The Gentle Grafter » by O. Henry
  • You had on a faded, frazzled grey shawl, 'bout lak de one you had on today.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1 » by Various
  • 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?
  • Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
  • He uttered a short curse and managed to collide with a bulky woman with frazzled black hair.
  • Extract from : « Occasion for Disaster » by Gordon Randall Garrett

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