- frayed adj
- [freɪd]
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English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
frayed — adj. Frayed is used with these nouns: ↑edge, ↑nerve, ↑temper, ↑wire … Collocations dictionary
frayed — worn by rubbing, 1814, pp. adj. from FRAY (Cf. fray) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
frayed — adj. tattered, worn, having unraveled threads (of cloth); tired, irritable, upset freɪ n. quarrel, brawl, skirmish, fight v. wear out, make ragged; wear on the nerves, irritate; be worn out, become ragged; rub … English contemporary dictionary
frayed — [freɪd] adj 1) with fibres that are coming apart at the edge 2) if your nerves are frayed, you are nervous, and if your TEMPER is frayed, you are angry … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
fray — [[t]fre͟ɪ[/t]] frays, fraying, frayed 1) V ERG If something such as cloth or rope frays, or if something frays it, its threads or fibres start to come apart from each other and spoil its appearance. The fabric is very fine or frays easily... [V… … English dictionary
fray — fray1 [freı] v [I and T] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: frayer, from Latin fricare; FRICTION] 1.) if cloth or other material frays, or if something frays it, the threads become loose because the material is old ▪ The collar had started to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ragged — adj. 1 (of clothes etc.) torn; frayed. 2 rough; shaggy; hanging in tufts. 3 (of a person) in ragged clothes. 4 with a broken or jagged outline or surface. 5 faulty; imperfect. 6 lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity (ragged rhymes). 7… … Useful english dictionary
testosteronic — adj. Stereotypically masculine. Also: testosteronical. testosteronics n. Example Citations: And at least Thelma and Louise stop short of emulating Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who use their remaining ammunition to go out in a blaze of… … New words
burnt out — adj. worn out, exhausted, frayed … English contemporary dictionary
threadbare — adj. worn, ragged, frayed, shabby … English contemporary dictionary
outworn — adj 1. obsolete, disused, lapsed, abandoned, discontinued, discarded, cast aside, rejected; dead, defunct, expired, extinct, wound up, prehistoric, antediluvian; retired, pensioned off, put away, laid on the shelf, neglected, gone to seed; bygone … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder