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Adjective
Worn, torn, or ragged, as if into rags
(
of a person's nerves or temper
)
Showing the effects of strain
Scruffy and neglected in appearance
Feeling or looking strained as a result of having too many demands made on one
Repeated often to the point of being stale or commonplace
Verb
Past tense for to wear away or cause damage through applied friction
Past tense for to emotionally tax or strain
Past tense for to make a long tear or cut in
Past tense for to make excessive demands on
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▲
Adjective
▲
Worn, torn, or ragged, as if into rags
tattered
ragged
threadbare
shabby
tatty
worn
torn
ratty
seedy
raggedy
holey
ripped
split
unravelled
UK
distressed
unraveled
US
moth-eaten
worn out
in tatters
worn-out
well worn
in holes
falling to pieces
worse for wear
worn through
worn thin
out at elbows
old
scruffy
decrepit
tatterdemalion
dilapidated
faded
in shreds
patched
tumbledown
battered
shoddy
shredded
mangy
full of holes
frazzled
in rags
worn to shreds
tacky
run-down
grungy
beat-up
neglected
dog-eared
deteriorated
timeworn
rent
raggedy-ass
mean
dumpy
broken
torn to pieces
miserable
scrubby
destroyed
unkempt
ruined
damaged
impaired
broken-down
in ribbons
falling apart at the seams
having seen better days
badly worn
down-at-the-heels
the worse for wear
down-at-heel
sleazy
ramshackle
crumbling
scraggy
rugged
sere
sorry
ragtag
bedraggled
decaying
grotty
decayed
messy
warby
run down
old-fashioned
time-worn
well-worn
in disrepair
clapped out
poorly made
falling apart
bombed-out
on its last legs
gone to seed
shaggy
scuzzy
scraggly
outworn
overused
overworked
used
ancient
yellowed
busted
dinged
totaled
lined
wizened
out of date
outmoded
in bits
well-thumbed
well-read
cast-off
untidy
frowzy
slovenly
in pieces
démodé
worn down
hand-me-down
worn-down
wrung out
pegged out
down at heel
beat up
broken down
decrepit. in ruins
falling down
down at the heel
ruptured
fractured
snapped
severed
cut
lacerated
slit
burst
separated
wrenched
mangled
sliced
slashed
cleaved
gashed
cut open
rundown
squalid
rickety
crummy
dingy
deteriorating
wretched
poor
ruinous
desolate
pitiful
slipshod
disreputable
degenerated
tired
disfigured
bare
all the worse for wear
poverty-stricken
grubby
slummy
derelict
sordid
insalubrious
scungy
dodgy
rumpty
base
uncared-for
seamy
weather-beaten
slimy
paltry
down and dirty
unpleasant
cheap
skanky
unmaintained
filthy
wrecked
unprepossessing
shambly
skeezy
rough
shacky
limp
yucky
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
low-class
in ruins
gone to rack and ruin
in a bad way
seen better days
badly maintained
poorly maintained
low
depressed
tawdry
disintegrating
crumbly
dismal
untended
shaky
down-at-the-heel
uncared for
tumble-down
ropy
wrinkled
weathered
sloppy
withering
clapped-out
frumpy
trashy
poky
stodgy
dowdy
tottering
beaten-up
world-worn
smirched
dishonest
crooked
antiquated
withered
uncared
superannuated
injured
unsound
marred
peaked
shattered
raunchy
unimproved
beat
in bad repair
out of condition
below par
in bad condition
under par
bad
knocked around
mediocre
substandard
low-rent
middling
lousy
ordinary
low-grade
menial
second-rate
two-bit
sad
fallen-in
ill-maintained
beaten up
used-up
fallen in
rinky-dink
poor-looking
manky
used up
more ❯
“Melt the
frayed
ends of the cord with your lighter.”
Adjective
▲
(
of a person's nerves or temper
)
Showing the effects of strain
strained
stressed
edgy
overtaxed
taxed
tense
fraught
frazzled
irritated
uptight
“Everything wasn't ruined, but his soul had been
frayed
a little further.”
Adjective
▲
Scruffy and neglected in appearance
frowzy
slovenly
unkempt
untidy
scruffy
sloppy
bedraggled
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
messy
dowdy
ungroomed
blowsy
dirty
slatternly
draggletailed
rumpled
raggedy
frumpy
frazzled
unwashed
disorganised
UK
disorganized
US
badly dressed
down at heel
ill-dressed
slobbish
shaggy
daggy
slobby
shabby
sloven
frowsy
ragged
grungy
grubby
blowzy
unpolished
dishabille
grotty
ragtag
ruffled
vulgar
coarse
windblown
unneat
uncombed
tatty
matted
in rags
mussed up
down-at-heel
tousled
sleazy
ill-groomed
frumpish
drab
badly groomed
worse for wear
draggle-tailed
inappropriately dressed
poorly dressed
ill-clad
stodgy
mussed
ratty
tangled
scrubby
homely
plain
wrinkled
scraggly
disarrayed
knotty
tangly
in a mess
mangy
baggy
dingy
straggly
tacky
seedy
mussy
tumbled
raunchy
schlumpy
wild
disarranged
disordered
knotted
hanging loose
slipshod
unfashionable
raddled
snarled
slapdash
tatterdemalion
windswept
unbrushed
coarse-looking
messed up
grody
pigpen
scraggy
mumsy
dreary
faded
messed
sad
down-at-the-heel
unseemly
dressed in rags
messed-up
not smart
run-down
warby
tired
raggedy-ass
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling or looking strained as a result of having too many demands made on one
harassed
hassled
harried
strained
troubled
worried
agitated
beleaguered
plagued
stressed
vexed
careworn
distraught
fretting
pressured
tormented
stressy
under pressure
hard-pressed
stressed out
under stress
worn out
put upon
under the cosh
at the end of your tether
with your back to the wall
hounded
bothered
flustered
browbeaten
beset
pressurized
US
distressed
uptight
rushed
hurried
pressurised
UK
hunted
hag-ridden
in a state
up against it
hot and bothered
with one's back up against the wall
at the end of one's rope
anxious
upset
perturbed
discomposed
disturbed
disconcerted
tense
concerned
anguished
harrowed
tortured
ruffled
unnerved
aflutter
discombobulated
nervous
jittery
disquieted
pained
jumpy
antsy
overwhelmed
overburdened
afflicted
confused
persecuted
edgy
fraught
overcome
shaken
haunted
dithery
uneasy
unglued
atwitter
unsettled
aggravated
shook up
strung out
in a tizzy
miffed
nervy
distracted
insecure
pestered
queazy
distrait
queasy
overwrought
disconsolate
mad
spooked
alarmed
bugged
devastated
despairing
agonized
US
irked
shook
surrounded
affected
agonised
UK
ill at ease
het up
bummed out
in a stew
apprehensive
haggard
all torn up
angst-ridden
racked with suffering
frantic
oppressed
burdened
miserable
inconvenienced
hinky
frenzied
desperate
goosey
possessed
hysterical
provoked
struggling
gripped
delirious
exacerbated
displeased
chagrined
mortified
afraid
dismayed
wired
sad
preoccupied
consumed
drawn
pinched
twitchy
unquiet
suffering
hurt
wretched
despondent
depressed
dejected
unhappy
troublous
frazzled
controlled
dominated
rattled
fearful
heavyhearted
broken
melancholy
sorrowful
doleful
bitter
traumatized
US
heartbroken
dolorous
desolate
morose
inconsolable
cheerless
seized
cursed
hysteric
mournful
grieving
weeping
heartsick
down
rueful
hurting
saddened
bereaved
wrecked
grieved
discountenanced
obsessed
overpowered
dogged
bedevilled
UK
bedeviled
US
mourning
woeful
crushed
gutted
dolesome
wounded
hung up
in difficulties
insane
held
devoured
paranoid
bewitched
sorrowing
aching
bewailing
traumatised
UK
bemoaning
wailing
in a tight spot
in a tight corner
violent
fiendish
neurotic
broken-hearted
cut up
grief-stricken
brokenhearted
suspicious
in a flap
in the grip of
taken over
woebegone
overcome with sorrow
under a spell
in pain
heavy with grief
racked with pain
fazed
grim
fidgety
panicked
weighed down
stricken
stressed-out
tensed
full of
under duress
on the spot
fretful
besieged
shell-shocked
on the rack
angsty
pushed
moved
uncomfortable
creeped out
shaky
pressed
discomfited
embarrassed
terror-stricken
having kittens
impatient
in a flat spin
in a spin
all of a flutter
irritable
wrung
on edge
overtaxed
overworked
overloaded
self-conscious
all nerves
keyed up
like a fish out of water
on the qui vive
in turmoil
busy
time-poor
long-suffering
hard at it
in dire straits
between a rock and a hard place
anxiety-ridden
wild
peeved
exercised
crazed
crazy
raving
deranged
muddled
shattered
nuts
thrown
unscrewed
unzipped
verklempt
basket case
up the wall
bundle of nerves
nonplussed
addled
beside oneself
worked up
wrought-up
in a panic
beside yourself
swivel-eyed
like a chicken with its head cut off
out of one's mind
very upset
worked-up
out of your mind
panic-stricken
annoyed
asea
riled
frightened
scared
terrified
irritated
worried stiff
put out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Repeated often to the point of being stale or commonplace
timeworn
hackneyed
tired
stale
banal
trite
stereotyped
commonplace
threadbare
hack
stock
unoriginal
shopworn
clichéd
overworked
musty
cliche
corny
hackney
obligatory
cobwebby
worn
old
hoary
antiquated
outworn
dated
passé
aged
used
well-worn
moth-eaten
worn-out
old hat
worn out
cliché-ridden
out of date
world-worn
faded
tarnished
overused
platitudinous
dull
common
stereotypical
prosaic
run-of-the-mill
pedestrian
uninspired
derivative
vapid
bromidic
routine
hacky
unimaginative
ordinary
cliché
played out
flat
warmed-over
conventional
cornball
hokey
set
cliched
bathetic
stereotypic
platitudinal
jejune
exhausted
familiar tune
chain
drained
mildewed
ready-made
used-up
time-worn
predictable
truistic
humdrum
obsolete
well worn
boring
outdated
outmoded
everyday
formulaic
overdone
dime-store
out of the ark
tedious
superseded
old-fashioned
dead
archaic
bygone
rusty
antediluvian
anachronistic
antique
unfashionable
dusty
repetitious
familiar
warmed-up
old-hat
defunct
past their sell-by date
standard
orthodox
cliché
imitative
uncreative
ineffective
uninteresting
inane
standardized
US
insipid
mawkish
standardised
UK
conventionalized
dreary
monotonous
mundane
vieux jeu
tiresome
wearisome
naff
lifeless
vanilla
bland
silly
uneventful
proverbial
stupid
unvaried
antwacky
trivial
cut and dried
fuddy-duddy
ho-hum
mind-numbing
ho hum
dull as dishwater
quotidian
tripe
out-of-date
played-out
old-chestnut
old-saw
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to wear away or cause damage through applied friction
abraded
chafed
rasped
eroded
wore
worn
rubbed
galled
frazzled
fretted
corraded
shredded
shred
tattered
unraveled
US
unravelled
UK
tore
teared
torn
distressed
ripped
ravelled
UK
raveled
US
wore away
worn away
wore thin
worn thin
became worn
become worn
wore out
worn out
wears through
wear through
became ragged
become ragged
became tattered
become tattered
became threadbare
become threadbare
went through
gone through
been through
came apart
come apart
went into holes
gone into holes
scraped
corroded
scoured
grated
scratched
filed
grinded
ground
excoriated
grazed
scuffed
skinned
decayed
scraped away
gnawed away at
ground down
consumed
impaired
deteriorated
wasted
barked
gnawed
irritated
crumbled
triturated
hurt
razed
rubbed down
cut down
worn down
wore down
bit into
bitten into
sanded
buffed
sandpapered
burnished
peeled
damaged
dissolved
rent
rended
flayed
stripped
stript
minced
pulverized
US
roughened
nibbled
used
gnawn
gnew
ate
eaten
pinched
overused
taxed
weathered
overworked
overwrought
faded
undermined
bothered
devoured
erased
trashed
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
burnt
burned
granulated
crushed
ate away
eaten away
rubbed raw
rubbed against
eaten away at
ate away at
rubbed painfully
macerated
smashed
fragmented
mashed
rubbed away
gnawed away
ribboned
rived
rubbed off
ground away
washed away
wasted away
crumbled away
scraped out
shaved
slivered
pulverised
UK
scraped off
used up
made ragged
made threadbare
come to the end of its life
become useless
made worn
rubbed into pieces
worn to shreds
wore to shreds
worn off
wore off
bit at
bitten at
shaven
shove
shave
eaten into
ate into
riven
rove
wore threadbare
worn threadbare
gone to seed
went to seed
became useless
worn holes in
wore holes in
showed signs of wear
shown signs of wear
came to the end of its life
cut
scored
lacerated
etched
nicked
pared
rotted
oxidated
flaked
burned into
wound
wounded
rusted
marked
husked
polished
hulled
shucked
snicked
oxidized
US
smoothed
dragged
drug
tarnished
decorticated
corrupted
honed
incised
brushed
destroyed
scrubbed
gouged
grit
decomposed
gashed
scarified
oxidised
UK
bit
engraved
melted
burned through
scuffed up
made a mark on
notched
shelled
chipped
removed
dented
shaped
furbished
refined
scaled
excorticated
thinned
levelled
UK
leveled
US
finished
scarred
gnashed
gritted
cankered
swabbed
disintegrated
cleared
cleaned
defaced
bitten
grooved
peeled away
exfoliated
denuded
seared
raked
stripped away
scrabbled
pricked
scrunched
crunched
molt
US
molten
frotted
dissipated
exhausted
liquefied
ablated
vaporized
US
vaporised
UK
inflamed
blistered
run through
scrawled on
keyed
scrubbed down
chipped away at
shope
shapen
broke the skin of
broken the skin of
took off
taken off
ran through
more ❯
“The paper was thin and the edges were beginning to
fray
from age.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to emotionally tax or strain
strained
taxed
irritated
overtaxed
made edgy
made tense
put on edge
“And as nerves
fray
and tempers rise, you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make a long tear or cut in
ripped
cut
slashed
tore
teared
torn
gashed
slit
slitten
rent
rended
sliced
lacerated
incised
hacked
split
sheared
shore
shorn
clawed
scored
mutilated
mangled
cleaved
savaged
burst
brast
bursten
frazzled
severed
divided
hewed
chopped
hew
snapt
snapped
rived
cracked
sundered
busted
bisected
lopt
lopped
fractionated
abscinded
halved
quartered
dissevered
chopped up
broken
broke
brake
hewn
rove
riven
cut open
scratched
grazed
split open
wound
wounded
pierced
scraped
lanced
nicked
injured
carved
snagged
laddered
cut to ribbons
knifed
snicked
punctured
cut in two
dissected
made an incision in
gouged
stabbed
maimed
shredded
shred
mauled
hurt
notched
damaged
corve
carven
raked
scrabbled
chipped
razed
scythed
perforated
dug
separated
parted
amputated
cut into
cut to pieces
slit open
scrabbled at
dug into
cut off
laid open
cut through
cut up
sliced up
tore apart
torn apart
marked
holed
butchered
run
jagged
furrowed
serrated
chivved
nipped
slotted
scrapped
penetrated
opened up
splintered
docked
clapperclawed
pawed
opened
sawed
destroyed
ribboned
jigsawed
sliced open
disunited
ruptured
removed
divorced
flitched
scarified
sickled
guillotined
sabered
slivered
scissored
felled
skived
beheaded
cracked open
chopped off
tore asunder
lopped off
hacked off
sliced off
hewed off
torn asunder
clawed at
sheared off
hole
ran
sawn
saw
jigsawn
fell
smote
smited
smit
smitten
broke off
tore off
torn off
broken off
teared at
tore at
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make excessive demands on
strained
drained
overtaxed
sapped
taxed
overstepped
stretched
straught
tested
used up
exceeded the limits of
exceeded the range of
exceeded the scope of
put a strain on
made excessive demands on
made severe demands on
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