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: in a state of extreme physical or nervous fatigue and agitation
So relentlessly did my partner and I spring into our work throughout the week that by Saturday night we were frazzled wrecks.—
Jack London
Jack LondonA frazzled looking housefrau [=hausfrau], clutching a toilet scrub brush in one hand and the fist of a wailing toddler in the other, confronted me with a look of pure exasperation.—Paul Di Filippo
Paul Di FilippoShe seems relaxed, breathing evenly; there's nothing here to get her frazzled.—Bob Ottum
Bob Ottum2
: damaged or weakened by strain or agitation : frayed
trying to soothe frazzled nerves
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So far, however, Democrats have seemed too frazzled to take that counsel.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
As part of this big fix, the company has also reintroduced ceramic mugs, and handwritten notes on cups, though the latter has left baristas a bit more frazzled.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2025
Even Eddie Howe’s decision to play three at the back fed into the pre-game narrative of frazzled nerves — backs to the wall from the off?
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
Not structurally, not visually, certainly not in terms of the frazzled dialogue screamed by its unjustly uncompensated cast, who improvised a bickering meltdown in the woods while their directors played mind games with them during black of night.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
As part of this big fix, the company has also reintroduced ceramic mugs, and handwritten notes on cups, though the latter has left baristas a bit more frazzled.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2025
Even Eddie Howe’s decision to play three at the back fed into the pre-game narrative of frazzled nerves — backs to the wall from the off?
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
Not structurally, not visually, certainly not in terms of the frazzled dialogue screamed by its unjustly uncompensated cast, who improvised a bickering meltdown in the woods while their directors played mind games with them during black of night.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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“Frazzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frazzled. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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