Related Words for frays

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WordSyllablesCategories
rub
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Verb, Noun
scratch
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Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
fret
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
chafe
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Noun, Noun, Verb
ruffle
/x
Verb, Verb, Noun
disturbance
x/x
Noun, Noun
sags
/
Noun, Verb
crumbles
/x
Verb, Noun
deepens
/x
Verb, Noun
rips
/
Noun
erupts
x/
Verb, Noun
loosens
/x
Verb
severs
/x
Noun, Verb
ignites
x/
Verb, Noun
disintegrates
x/xx
Verb
brittle
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sparks
/
Noun
edges
/x
Noun
tightens
/x
Verb
falters
/x
Verb
ruptures
/x
Noun
dissolves
x/
Verb, Noun
shatters
/x
Verb, Noun
fades
/
Verb, Noun
cracks
/
Noun
shrinks
/
Verb, Noun
weakens
/x
Verb
tumbles
/x
Verb, Noun
fragile
/x
Adjective, Noun
seeps
/
Verb, Noun
rattles
/x
Noun, Verb
destroys
x/
Verb
thickens
/x
Verb, Noun
entangle
x/x
Verb
vanishes
/xx
Verb, Noun
softens
/x
Verb
stumbles
/x
Verb
squeezes
/x
Verb, Noun
engulfs
x/
Verb
threatens
/x
Verb
fabric
/x
Noun, Verb
deteriorates
x/xxx
Verb, Noun
eases
/x
Verb, Noun
forges
/x
Noun
grinds
/
Noun
tenuous
/xx
Adjective
unraveling
x/xx
Verb, Noun
lurches
/x
Verb, Noun
erodes
x/
Verb, Noun
shreds
/
Noun
stokes
/
Name
clings
/
Verb, Noun
collapses
x/x
Verb, Noun
plunges
/x
Verb, Noun
fissured
/x
Adjective
dries
/
Verb, Noun
torn
/
Adjective
succumbs
x/
Verb
detaches
x/x
Verb
revives
x/
Verb, Noun
ensues
x/
Verb, Noun
straining
/x
Noun
loses
/x
Verb
splintering
/xx
Noun
rumbles
/x
Verb, Noun
yanks
/
Noun
slips
/
Noun
dents
/
Noun
drunken
/x
Adjective
bloody
/x
Adjective
hurt
/
Verb
street
/
Noun
speak
/
Verb
making
/x
Verb
political
x/xx
Adjective
were
x
Verb
such
/
Adjective
many
/x
Adjective
nerves
/
Noun
badly
/x
Adverb
easily
/xx
Adverb
annoyances
x/xx
Noun
battles
/x
Noun
brawls
/
Noun
combats
x/
Noun
contentions
x/x
Noun
delinquencies
x/xx
Noun
dissensions
x/x
Noun
feuds
/
Noun
fights
/
Noun, Verb
insurrections
xx/x
Noun
misdemeanors
xx/x
Noun
quarrels
/x
Noun
robberies
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Noun
skirmishes
/xx
Noun
transgressions
x/x
Noun