frayedadjective
uk/freɪd/us/freɪd/frayed adjective (CLOTH)
with the threads at the edge coming loose:
frayed cuffs
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Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- break (sth) off
- breakage
- catch
- fall apart
- flake
- fragment
- fragmented
- fray
- in ribbons idiom
- knacker
- pull
- pull sth apart
- rent
- rip
- shear
- split
- tear sth up
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frayed adjective (ANNOYED)
used to describe someone's mood when they are feeling worried, upset, or annoyed:
The whole experience left me with frayed nerves (= feeling worried).
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- have a cow idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- restless
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