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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
frazzle . - adjective
frayed at the edges - adjective
stressed andexhausted either physically or emotionally
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Examples
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Sometimes having to sit down and tie on a hook settles the nerves that frazzled from the pike that just broke off.
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Sometimes having to sit down and tie on a hook settles the nerves that frazzled from the pike that just broke off.
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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
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You do seem kind of frazzled and aggressive today.
Calling Canadian Chris: Got a Question. Mirtika 2006
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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.
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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
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One of the few friends to visit him in confinement says he seems "frazzled"
CNN.com 2011
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One of the few friends to visit him in confinement says he seems "frazzled"
CNN.com 2011
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Bradley Manning describes him as being "frazzled" behind bars.
CNN.com 2011
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One of the few friends to visit him in confinement says he seems "frazzled"
CNN.com 2011
sonofgroucho commented on the word frazzled
I love this word.
September 27, 2007