to frazzle
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6.7
- verb
- /ˈfræzəl/
- Informal
:
agotar
- The high school band had been practicing all morning, and now, marching the street in the glare of the noon sun, tempers had started to frazzle.
- frazzle your nerves
Examples
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Electronic sounds frazzle my nerves.
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Norman Thayer Jr., your fascination with dying is beginning to frazzle my good humor.
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They simply lay it on the ground, which is hot enough to frazzle even the best kangaroo steaks.
Blog text (22) -
Just as a forest full of trees, one much like the other, soothes rather than frazzles the nerves of a city dweller, so an Indonesian countryside full of working peasants.
Academic text (2002) -
The long hours at work have started to frazzle me emotionally.
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Too many deadlines can really frazzle even the most organized person.
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After all the running around during the event, I felt completely frazzled.
Synonyms
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3.2
To make someone very tired
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4.6
To make someone very tired by hard work or long effort
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2.1
To make a person very tired by using up their energy
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9.4
To make someone very tired
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7.7
To make someone very tired
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6.3
To make someone very tired by giving them too much to do
To make someone very busy and tired with too much work
Antonyms
How Tired
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember frazzle is to think of fray: a rope slowly frays and becomes weak. So to frazzle someone is to wear them down until they are very tired or stressed.