frazzle

«frazzle» in Mova's school dictionary: to be completely tired out — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) To be worn to a frazzle is to be completely tired out. tree →

2) (informal) Burnt to a frazzle means burnt until black and crisp. tree →

3) To frazzle someone is to make them tired, nervous and stressed. tree →

sense 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 →
• Dad burnt the sausages to a frazzle. tree →
• The noisy party frazzled Grandma. tree →
• She looked frazzled after moving house. tree →
• Exams can frazzle your nerves. tree →
• The twins wore their babysitter to a frazzle. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• When a parent seems frazzled after work, it is usually the workload, not anything the child did.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «frazzle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.