frazzle

Meaning

Verb

1. To fray or wear down, especially at the edges.
2. To drain emotionally or physically.

Noun

1. (informal) A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp.
2. (informal) The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end.
3. A messy situation or scene.

Synonyms

fray

jade

fatigue

tire

wear

weary

😩

poop out

exhaustion

exhaust

expend

fag

fag out

friction

gluttonize

grate

grind

lassitude

outwear

overfatigue

pall

pound

💷

powder

prostration

rub

rubbing

scrub

spend

tiredness

tire out

triturate

tucker

use up

wear down

weariness

wear out

wilt

fress

get tired

massage

💆

waste

wear upon

loginess

abrading

frazzle out

abrasion

attrition

brain-fag

brush

chafe

consume

deplete

depletion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹæz(ə)l/

Etymology

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”). Middle English facelyn was a verbal derivative of the noun fasylle (“frayed edge”), which was in turn a derivative (with the diminutive suffix -el) of Old English fæs (“fringe, border”), from Proto-West Germanic *fas, from Proto-Germanic *fasōn.
Related to German Faser (“fibre”).