Frazzle

Definition: Frazzle

Frazzle

Noun

1. (informal) a state of extreme exhaustion; "he was worn to a frazzle".

Verb

1. Wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve".

2. Exhaust physically or emotionally; "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "frazzle" was first used: sometime in the early 19th century. (references)

Synonym: Frazzle

Those Whos are hard to frazzle, Max. But, we did our worst, and that's all that matters (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A frazzle dazzle fairytale (reference)

• Frazzle (Serendipity) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Expressions using "frazzle": beat to a frazzle ♦ burnt to a frazzle ♦ i am done to a frazzle ♦ to a frazzle ♦ worn to a frazzle. Additional references.

Ending with "frazzle": wear-the-au-pair-to-a-frazzle.

Albanian

thekë-thekë (with a lot of fringe), i rraskapitur (dead beat, done, exhausted, prostrate, stale, washed out, washout, whacked, worn out), i dërrmuar (broken, careworn, dispirited, haggard, woebegone, woeful, woesome), grihet (fray, wear, wear away). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هرأ, ‏نهك (exhaust, fatigue, fray, gruel, harass, jade, macerate, overdo, overload, overstrain, prostrate, spend, wear), ‏أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, fret, fuss, gall, get, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work), ‏أبلى (molder, moulder, outwear, scuff, wear, wear down). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разръфаност, оръфвам (fray, ravel), оръфаност, парцал (clout, dishcloth, dishrag, duster, rag, tatter), изтощение (depletion, distress, enervation, exhaustion, fag, fatigue, lassitude, prostration, strain, weariness), изтощавам се (macerate, overwork, poop, run down), изтощавам (bucket, crock, deplete, distress, do in, emaciate, exhaust, extend, fag, farm out, fatigue, gruel, impoverish, kill, leech, overcrop, overwork, play out, poop, prostrate, pump, pump out, punish, rack, reduce, run down, sew up, spend, tire out, tucker, waste). (various references)

Czech

třepit se (fray). (various references)

French

inciter (fray, fret), déchiqueter, crever, éreinter. (various references)

German

Fetzen (be mind-blowing, have a driving beat, rag, ribbon, rip, scrap, shred, smithereens, snatch, tatter, tatters, wisp). (various references)

Greek 

κουράζω (jade, tire, weary), κουράζομαι (jade, tire, tire of), ξεφτώ (fray), εξάντληση (depletion, exhaustion, prostration), τριβή (abrading, abrasion, attrition, friction, rubbing, wear), τρίβω (abrade, brush, chafe, fray, grate, grind, massage, pound, powder, rub, scour, scrub, triturate, wear). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעיף (tell on, tire). (various references)

Hungarian

rongyosodás, rojtosodás, rojt (bobble, bunch, fringe, tassel, thrum, tuft), maradék (end, left over, left overs, oddments, pickings, remainder, remains, remnant, residua, residue, residuum, rest, rump, stub, tailings, the rest), kirongyosodás, kirojtosodás (fray, fraying). (various references)

Indonesian

rusak (bruise, destroyed, disrepair), merobek, hancur (asunder, destroyed, disintegrate). (various references)

Italian

stracciare (rip, rip up, shred, tear, to slash), logorare (chafe, exhaust, ruin, use up, waste, wear, wear out). (various references)

Pig Latin

azzlefray.(various references)

Portuguese

frangalho, farrapo (flitter, old-clothes man, rag, scrap, shred, tag, tatter), trapo (flitter, old-clothes man, rag, scrap, shred, tatter, wiper), puir (chafe, fray, ravel, wear out), puimento, exaustão (exhaustion, goneness, rarefaction, weariness), esfarrapar (bedraggle), desgastar (abrade, chafe, corrode, fray, fret, outwear, rub, wash out, waste, wear, wear down, wear off, wear out). (various references)

Romanian

uzurã (attrition, use, wear), obosealã mare (exhaustion). (various references)

Russian 

обтрепывание (fraying), изнашивание (wastage, wear, wear and tear), издерганность. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

iznurenost (debility, emaciation, weariness), dotrajalost. (various references)

Spanish

reventar sobre, rendir (conquer, defeat, lay down, pay, subdue, surrender, take it out of smb., tire out, wear down, yield), agotar (consume, deplete, distress, drain, exhaust, exhaust a well, expend, gruel, impoverish, knock out, knock up, play out, sap, spend, take out, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, work out). (various references)

Swedish

alldeles utmattad (worn to a frazzle), alldeles uppbränd (burnt to a frazzle), alldeles slut (worn to a frazzle), alldeles förkolnad (burnt to a frazzle), alldeles (absolutely, all, altogether, at all, clean, clear, completely, dead, entirely, exactly, fairly, just, quite, right, thoroughly, to a frazzle, wholly). (various references)

Turkish

yorulma, yormak (attribute, cream, do in, do up, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, knock out, poop, prostrate, strain, take out, task, tax, tire, try, Tucker, tucker out, wear out, wearisome, weary), yıpratmak (age, batter, chafe, corrode, fray, fray out, fret, thumb, wear, wear away, wear down), yıpranmak (consume away, corrode, fray, fray out, rub off, waste away, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out), yıpranma (abrasion, attrition, corrosion, fraying, wear), eskimek (become old, date, grow old, stale, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out), bitkinlik (deadness, exhaustion, fag, fatigue, languor, lassitude, over-fatigue, prostration, staleness, weariness), bitkin düşme. (various references)

Ukrainian

вимотати, зношування (wastage, waste, wear), змучити, потертися, потерти, пошарпаність. (various references)

facelyn. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "frazzle": frazzled, frazzles. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Frazzle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fazle, Franzke, fraze, frazile, Frenzel, frezze, Frizzel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: farle, feral, flare.

-3 letters: alef, earl, fare, farl, faze, feal, fear, flea, frae, laze, leaf, lear, rale, raze, razz, real, zarf, zeal.

-4 letters: ale, are, arf, ear, elf, era, far, fer, fez, lar, lea, lez, ref.

-5 letters: ae, al, ar, ef, el, er, fa, la, re.

+1 letter: frazzled, frazzles.