Frazzle Definition
frăzəl
frazzled, frazzles, frazzling
verb
frazzled, frazzles, frazzling
To wear away along the edges; fray.
American Heritage
To wear or become worn to rags or tatters; fray.
Webster's New World
To exhaust physically or emotionally.
American Heritage
To make or become physically or emotionally exhausted.
Webster's New World
noun
frazzles
The state of being frazzled.
Webster's New World
A frayed or tattered condition.
American Heritage
A condition of exhaustion.
Worked themselves to a frazzle.
American Heritage
(informal) A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp.
The bacon was burned to a frazzle.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- collapse
- prostration
- enervation
- nervous exhaustion
Origin of Frazzle
Perhaps a blend of fray and dialectal fazzle to unravel (from Middle English facelyn to fray) (from fasel frayed edge) (probably diminutive of fas rootlets) (from Old English fæs)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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