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/frˈæzəl/ Listen

noun

Frazzle n.

The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.) "My fingers are all scratched to frazzles."

A state of extreme exhaustion; often used in the phrase worn to a frazzle. "Gordon had sent word to Lee that he "had fought his corps to a frazzle.""

verb

Frazzle v. t. (past & past part. frazzled; pres. part. frazzling) To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; used literally and figuratively. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.) "Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement."

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"Frazzle" Quotes from Famous Books

... to a frazzle" and he disappeared immediately after the noon meal, for fear Janice would find something more for him ...

— Janice Day at Poketown • Helen Beecher Long

... himself, he didn't have time to work up another before Commencement—while the rest of us lived in mortal terror of exposure and didn't enjoy ourselves a bit all through May, though it was some comfort to reflect on what would have happened if the scheme had worked—for Hambletonian beat us to a frazzle that afternoon. ...

— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch

... that line from Tennyson under my breath—'A quinsy choke thy cursed note!' It was 'Uncle Willie says this isn't good form' and 'Uncle Willie says they don't do that in England' till you got worn to a frazzle having that old Anglomaniac eternally thrown at your head. But the more Mary quotes Jack the better you ...

— The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware • Annie Fellows Johnston

... this fine. I'll bet a purty that if I'd 'a' had a room and a trough like this to soak in when I was wore to a frazzle, I wouldn't 'a' got all twisted up with rheumatiz like I am. It jest looks restful to see. I never washed in a place like this in all my days. Must feel grand to be wet all over at once! Now everybody ought to have sech a room and use it ...

— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter

... climb winded me, although they say it is only half a mile. I've taken the Bigbee house, just below you, you know, and I arrived there last night to get a good rest after a rather strenuous social career at home. Ever since Easter I've been on the 'go' every minute and I'm really worn to a frazzle." ...

— Mary Louise • Edith van Dyne (one of L. Frank Baum's pen names)

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