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Definition of Frazzle
1. Verb. Wear away by rubbing. "The friction frayed the sleeve"
2. Noun. A state of extreme exhaustion. "He was worn to a frazzle"
3. Verb. Exhaust physically or emotionally. "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws"
Definition of Frazzle
1. v. t. To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; -- used literally and figuratively.
2. n. The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end.
Definition of Frazzle
1. Verb. To fray or wear down, especially at the edges. ¹
2. Verb. To drain emotionally or physically ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frazzle
1. to fray [v -ZLED, -ZLING, -ZLES] - See also: fray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frazzle
Literary usage of Frazzle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"NED 1882 All these causes combined dwindled the Army of Northern Virginia away
to a mere frazzle, as General Gordon expressed it.—' Southern Hist. Soc. ..."
2. The Conjure Woman by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1899)
"... his vimes en his nigger in de same year; en he swo' dat ef he could git holt
er dat Yankee he 'd wear 'im ter a frazzle, en den chaw up de frazzle; ..."
3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"In India and Arabia a package something similar of coffee is called frazzle or
Frazil. Frail is also a term used by spinsters, in the same sense as ..."
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