frizzle
1 of 3verb (1)
friz·zle ˈfri-zᵊl 
frizzled; frizzling ˈfri-zə-liŋ
ˈfriz-liŋ
: frizz, curl
frizzle
2 of 3noun
: a crisp curl
frizzle
3 of 3verb (2)
frizzled; frizzling
transitive verb
1
: to fry until crisp and curled
2
: burn, scorch
intransitive verb
: to cook with a sizzling noise
Synonyms
Noun
- curl
- frizz
- ringlet
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun the girl has enough frizzles to play Little Orphan Annie
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
probably akin to Old Frisian frīsle curl
Verb (2)
fr(y) entry 1 + (s)izzle entry 1
First Known Use
Verb (1)
1573, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1613, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1813, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
frizzles 1 of 2
noun
as in curls
a length of hair that forms a loop or series of loops the girl has enough frizzles to play Little Orphan Annie Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- curls
- frizzes
- ringlets
- waves
- locks
- tresses
- crimps
- kinks
- permanents
- perms
- sets
frizzles
2 of 2verb
as in broils
Synonyms & Similar Words
- broils
- bakes
- deflagrates
- cooks
- scorches
- cremates
- ashes
- chars
- immolates
- ignites
- lights
- enflames
- incinerates
- kilns
- torches
- inflames
- fires
- burns
- brightens
- lightens
- enkindles
- sets off
- radiates
- kindles
- irradiates
- sears
- scalds
- relights
- rekindles
- scathes
- illuminates
- reignites
- illumines
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- extinguishes
- smothers
- chokes
- quenches
- suffocates
- snuffs (out)
- stamps (out)
- douses
- puts out
- dowses
- blackens
- darkens
- dulls
- dims
- obscures