frayed
/fɹeɪd/
frayed adjective: unravelled; worn at the end or edge. Also the simple past and past participle of fray.
Adjective
frayed (comparative more frayed, superlative most frayed)
- Unravelled; worn at the end or edge.
- Exhausted, strained, beleaguered, or suffering from stress.
- Although relations between the two adversaries were frayed on occasion, Pyeongyang and Washington were able to negotiate and reach a compromise on the key issues that divided them.2006, Koh Yu-hwan, “Assessment of the Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks”, in Alfonso Ojeda, Alvaro Hidalgo, editors, North Korea and Regional Security, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 45
Also used as
frayed is also the simple past and past participle of fray.
frayed meaning in Tagalog
frayed in Tagalog
- unravelled
- lilit
Examples of frayed in a sentence
- The rope has frayed where it bears on the rim of the wheel.
- He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.
- I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room.
Forms of frayed
| comparative | more frayed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most frayed |
Origin of frayed
From fray + -ed, from Old French froiier (“to rub against, scrape; thrust against”), from Latin fricare (“to rub, rub down”).
Words formed from frayed
Words that rhyme with frayed
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about frayed
- What does frayed mean?
- Frayed means unravelled; worn at the end or edge.
- What is frayed in Tagalog?
- Frayed in Tagalog is lilit. See Frayed meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is frayed?
- Frayed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce frayed?
- Frayed is pronounced /fɹeɪd/.
Words near frayed in the dictionary
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