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# frazzle

noun (a frazzle); verb (frazzle, frazzles, frazzled, frazzling); adjective (frazzled)

«frazzle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) To be worn to a frazzle is to be completely tired out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#m1)
2. (informal) Burnt to a frazzle means burnt until black and crisp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#m2)
3. To frazzle someone is to make them tired, nervous and stressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday family talk (Mum is frazzled after a long day), cooking jokes (the toast is burnt to a frazzle), stories about busy days.

### Examples

- By Friday the teacher was worn to a frazzle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#x1)
- Dad burnt the sausages to a frazzle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#x2)
- The noisy party frazzled Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#x3)
- She looked frazzled after moving house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#x4)
- Exams can frazzle your nerves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#x5)
- The twins wore their babysitter to a frazzle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/#x6)

### Note

Informal. Most common as the adjective «frazzled» (tired and stressed). Similar: exhausted, worn out.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frazzle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frazzle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frazzle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frazzle.html) on Mova free.