FRAYED

pp. Frightened; rubbed; worn.

frayed

frayed |frād | ▶adjective (of a fabric, rope, or cord ) unraveled or worn at the edge: the frayed collar of her old coat. • (of a person's nerves or temper ) showing the effects of strain: an effort to soothe frayed nerves.

frayed

frayed |freɪd | ▶adjective (of a fabric, rope, or cord ) unravelled or worn at the edge: the frayed collar of her old coat. • (of a person's nerves or temper ) showing the effects of strain: an effort to soothe frayed nerves.

frayed

frayed adjective 1 a frayed shirt collar: worn, well-worn, threadbare, tattered, ragged, holey, moth-eaten, in holes, the worse for wear; informal tatty, raggedy, dog-eared. 2 his frayed nerves: strained, fraught, tense, edgy, stressed.

frayed

frayed adjective 1 the shirt had frayed cuffs: unravelling, unravelled, worn, well worn, threadbare, tattered, ragged, holey, moth-eaten, shabby; torn, ripped, split; worn out, worn through, worn thin, in holes, in tatters, falling to pieces, the worse for wear; informal tatty, ratty; N. Amer. informal raggedy. 2 his frayed nerves couldn't take much more: strained, taxed, overtaxed, irritated, edgy, tense, stressed, fraught.