Synonyms of frazzling

frazzling

verb

present participle of frazzle

1

as in eroding

to damage or diminish by continued friction

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eroding
• fraying
• wearing
• rubbing
• fretting
• reducing
• chafing
• biting
• abrading
• galling
• sharpening
• erasing
• scraping
• shaving
• rasping
• scouring
• gnawing
• eating
• filing
• corrading
• sandpapering
• grating
• chewing
• corroding
• nibbling
• disintegrating
• scuffing
• grazing
• wiping (away)
• grinding
• sandblasting
• decomposing
• honing
• wearing out
• dissolving
• whetting
• rubbing out
• breaking down
• breaking up

2

as in exhausting

to use up all the physical energy of

trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exhausting
• tiring
• killing
• wearing
• draining
• busting
• wearying
• fatiguing
• harassing
• wasting
• fagging
• burning out
• breaking
• knocking out
• enervating
• weakening
• wearing out
• washing out
• debilitating
• doing in
• sapping
• enfeebling
• doing up
• tuckering (out)
• wearing to a frazzle
• outwearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• energizing
• activating
• invigorating
• strengthening
• resting
• relaxing
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• unwinding

3

as in distracting

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distracting
• disturbing
• alarming
• bothering
• worrying
• concerning
• unsettling
• angering
• distressing
• annoying
• upsetting
• agitating
• perturbing
• haunting
• plaguing
• irritating
• dismaying
• unhinging
• discomforting
• ailing
• derailing
• confusing
• disquieting
• undoing
• fussing
• exasperating
• embarrassing
• exercising
• flurrying
• aggravating
• rattling
• bugging
• freaking (out)
• vexing
• irking
• harassing
• weirding out
• discouraging
• discomposing
• distempering
• hagriding
• harrying
• pestering
• fretting
• nettling
• grating
• chafing
• jarring
• riling
• galling
• mortifying
• bedeviling
• confounding
• daunting
• disconcerting
• unnerving
• dispiriting
• discomfiting
• piquing
• peeving
• flustering
• getting
• putting off
• disheartening
• chivying
• putting out
• demoralizing
• fazing
• discountenancing
• shaking up
• nonplussing
• abashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• quieting
• composing
• settling
• alleviating
• allaying
• tranquilizing
• pacifying
• appeasing
• placating
• assuaging
• conciliating
• mollifying
• propitiating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of frazzling

Instead of allowing for greater focus, the latest AI tools are overwhelming workers, frazzling minds and shredding attention spans. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026