frazzled

[ fraz-uhld ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. worn-out; fatigued:

   a party that left us frazzled.

Other Words From

• un·frazzled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of frazzled¹

First recorded in 1870–75; frazzle + -ed ²

Example Sentences

I’ve been staring at my laptop for seven hours, and I’m frazzled from being on deadline.

From Outside Online

She patiently explains to her frazzled callers that the hornets are being intercepted nearly 3,000 miles away across an entire continent.

From Science News

If you have been cooking for any number of years, you probably have a few recipes that are like old friends you count on when you’re tired and frazzled.

From Washington Post

Joshua Rivera says his house recipe — a fried egg over rice with a mix of hot sauce and ketchup — was just what his mom made when she was frazzled, money was tight, and she still had four kids to feed.

From Eater

He recovered his documents, but arrived in the United States “frazzled,” in the words of best friend and fellow esports player Hafiz Adeel Javed.

From Ozy

Letterman, however, was oblivious to this—which certainly seems to hold up based on his frazzled reaction in this clip.

From The Daily Beast

Desperate for a way out of her monotonous existence Kumiko becomes obsessed with the frazzled tape and plots her journey to Fargo.

From The Daily Beast

It starts, I think, with family policies, by which I mean help for frazzled parents who both work full-time.

From The Daily Beast

Bridget is now a wealthy but permanently frazzled widow and mum to two small kids.

From The Daily Beast

Julie Bowen already has won two Emmys for her performance as hilariously frazzled mom Claire Pritchett on Modern Family.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, after what seemed an interminable period of waiting, Mac's patience frazzled out and he declared for action.

From Project Gutenberg

The poor fellow looked so old and frazzled that Odin could not recognize him.

From Project Gutenberg

I am not prone on my green couch, frayed, frazzled, bowed-down in spirit from a day of frightful stress and cross-purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

No woman—not even a frazzled-out newspaper woman—could receive the love and care that they gave me, and fail to flourish under it.

From Project Gutenberg

I've frazzled out leather on his hide that cost more than he did, but I never went after him right.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• battered
• dilapidated
• frayed
• ripped
• shabby
• threadbare
• torn