frazzle
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To fray or wear down, especially at the edges.
The new puppy has been chewing on everything, and my favorite afghan has become frazzled.
- 2.
(transitive)To drain emotionally or physically.
After dealing with the children all day, I just can’t help feeling frazzled.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(informal)A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp.
The bacon was burned to a frazzle.
- 2.
(informal)The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end.
1886–90, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History Gordon had sent word to Lee that he had fought his corps to a frazzle
My fingers are all cut to frazzles..
- 3.
A messy situation or scene.
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Originally an East Anglian word. Either from a variant of the now obsolete fazle (to unravel), altered due to influence from fray, or from a blend of fazle and fray. fazle comes from earlier fasel, which was inherited from Middle English facelyn ([of the end of a rope, or of cloth] to unravel).