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frazzle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of frazzle

a complete depletion of energy or strength

  • months of overtime work have left her worn to a frazzle
Synonyms of frazzle

burnout, collapse, exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness
Words Related to frazzle

debilitation, debility, disablement, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, infirmity, weakness

overfatigue

languor, lethargy, listlessness

sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpor

apathy, inertia, passiveness, passivity
Near Antonyms of frazzle

bounce, dash, drive, energy, ginger, go, liveliness, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zing, zip

might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, strength

briskness, jauntiness, spiritedness, sprightliness, vivaciousness, vivacity
Antonyms of frazzle

refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization

frazzle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of frazzle

1 to damage or diminish by continued friction

  • years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point
Synonyms of frazzle

abrade, chafe, corrade, erode, fray, fret, gall, rasp, rub, wear
Words Related to frazzle

file, gnaw, grate, graze, grind, nibble, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scuff, shave

erase, reduce, rub out, wear out, wipe (away)

bite, break down, break up, chew, corrode, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, eat

hone, sharpen, whet

2 to use up all the physical energy of

  • trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him
Synonyms of frazzle

break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, drain, exhaust, fag, fatigue, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary
Words Related to frazzle

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken
Phrases Synonymous with frazzle

wear to a frazzle
Near Antonyms of frazzle

activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize

relax, rest, unwind

3 to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

  • an endless series of dietary warnings that had served only to frazzle the general public
Synonyms of frazzle

agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, disturb, exercise, flurry, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry
Words Related to frazzle

aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex

bedevil, haunt, plague

abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up

daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
Near Antonyms of frazzle

allay, alleviate, assuage

appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate
Antonyms of frazzle

calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

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