Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of frazzle.
  • adjective frayed at the edges
  • adjective stressed and exhausted either physically or emotionally

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Examples

  • Sometimes having to sit down and tie on a hook settles the nerves that frazzled from the pike that just broke off.

    A Hook That Needs No Knot 2009

  • Sometimes having to sit down and tie on a hook settles the nerves that frazzled from the pike that just broke off.

    A Hook That Needs No Knot 2009

  • There’s nothing like arriving to work already frazzled from the long, slow drive into the office.

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car Van Rideshare Service Expands, Atlanta Traffic Gets Some Relief 2009

  • You do seem kind of frazzled and aggressive today.

    Calling Canadian Chris: Got a Question. Mirtika 2006

  • MCCONNELL: Her hair was kind of frazzled, she was real light - skinned, and she had a big red mark on the side of her face.

    CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2003 2003

  • The nurse must do her work no matter how tired or blue or "frazzled" she feels, if she is not too sick to be on duty; for all time lost, she knows, is to be made up to the hospital before training is completed.

    Applied Psychology for Nurses Mary F. Porter

  • One of the few friends to visit him in confinement says he seems "frazzled"

    CNN.com 2011

  • One of the few friends to visit him in confinement says he seems "frazzled"

    CNN.com 2011

  • Bradley Manning describes him as being "frazzled" behind bars.

    CNN.com 2011

  • One of the few friends to visit him in confinement says he seems "frazzled"

    CNN.com 2011

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  • I love this word.

    September 27, 2007