英和和英

形容詞

frazzled (comparative more frazzled, superlative most frazzled)

1. Frayed at the edges.
   • 1895 June 23rd, Nebraska State Journal, page 3/1:

     Everyone believes that Thomas would…plant the frazzled banner of the distillers in its place.

2. (colloquial) Stressed and exhausted (either physically or emotionally).
   • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 251, 252:

     George Smith this cool morning, hungover, mouth dry, head throbbing.
     "I just asked for the time."
     "Twelve thirty."
     "Thank you. Don't come in. I'm indelicate. Utterly frazzled. After being vaguely champion. I think. Last night. O God."

   • 2022 June 17, Allan Chernoff, quoting Ian Drury, “Soaring US car prices compel buyers to travel thousands of miles for deals”, in The Guardian‎:

     “These are extreme measures people are taking because they’re frazzled by what’s happening in the industry,” he said.

   • 2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:

     "Of course it's me, who else would it be?" The voice sounded only half-certain. "Who else would still be here? Unless you're one of the ones who's still here. Is that when you are? OKAY. Stop talking. Stop talking. Speak only when spoken to, so we can get through this. Who. Are. You."

     Oh boy. It was just her luck that this version of Reynders was even more frazzled than the one who'd been banging her head on the window back in baseline. "Udo Okorie and Imrich Sýkora, from Applied Occultism."

派生語

• frazzledness
• unfrazzled

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Fra·zzled, ppl. a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 519, column 1.