as in exhaustion
a complete depletion of energy or strength
months of overtime work have left her worn to a frazzle
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as in to wear
to damage or diminish by continued friction
years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point
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as in to kill
to use up all the physical energy of
trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him
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as in to bother
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
an endless series of dietary warnings that had served only to frazzle the general public
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Recent Examples of frazzle
Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2021
More than any other cast member this year, Kate McKinnon let the frazzle show.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 May 2021
Tina Reed, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Or you could be frazzled due to a confluence of factors, such as your job, relationship, finances, and, dear God, politics, Alice Domar, PhD, a health psychologist at Inception Fertility, tells SELF.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 24 Feb. 2025
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The industrious and dedicated Studley looked worn to a frazzle by June.
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Mental health professionals say even people who don't see themselves as directly affected by administration actions are feeling frazzled by the dizzying pace and Trump's enduring ability to command attention.
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In that moment of grief and exhaustion, something shifted.—
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Breast cancer survivor Julie Swallow, 56, initially chalked up her exhaustion to being overworked.—
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Jackson has worn that same number throughout his football career and has won two MVPs with it.—
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Two of the rescuers who get out of the vehicles are wearing uniforms.—
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The attack set fire to a car on a highway in the Rostov region, with one person inside the vehicle killed, said Yury Slyusar, the region's acting governor.—
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Israel does not dispute that a significant number of Palestinian civilians have been killed in its war in Gaza.—
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Because Congress never bothered to write a law to establish it.—
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Chicago Bears - Will Campbell, OL, LSU Will Campbell has fallen a bit due to his shorter arm length, but that likely won't bother Ben Johnson.—
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This imbalance often goes unnoticed, understandably leading to feelings of resentment and fatigue.—
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The party capitalized on the public’s fatigue after a decade of Saakashvili’s necessary but intense reforms.—
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Conversely, poor communication quickly erodes credibility, limiting potential growth.—
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Over time, excessive tilling leads to eroded and diminished topsoil, polluted waterways and ultimately less-vigorous crops and harvests.—
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With tennis becoming longer and more physical, best-of-five matches wreck players’ bodies, leaving them exhausted by the end of the tournament.—
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Do my team members feel energized or exhausted by our culture?—
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Just this week, Chinese auto giant BYD made headlines around the world by topping Tesla in launching time-saving EV battery charger technology, while Tesla CEO Elon Musk was distracted with his high-profile political role in Washington.—
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The mom's reassurances do very little to distract him...—
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“Frazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frazzle. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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