Dictionary entry

Frazzle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fraz″zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Frazzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frazzling (?).] [Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray.] To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; — used literally and figuratively.

Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement. J. C. Harris.