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frazzle

[fraz-uhl] / ˈfræz əl /
NOUN
exhaustion; something very worn
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It was also apparent in a humbling Australian Open quarter-final defeat by 37-year-old Novak Djokovic, who injured his hamstring but managed to frazzle Alcaraz through his wily know-how.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

“Campaigns are exhausting. They frazzle your soul. . . . It’s like trying to ride a bicycle in an earthquake,” Galston says.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2019

Sweet but drowning in self-doubt, Louella is always in a frazzle.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2012

When you push these guys to a frazzle, it’s tough.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2012

There was a car ready to leave, and I found a seat next the window and it started and I watched it sort of frazzle out into slack tide flats, and then trees.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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