frayed

threadbare

Worn until transparent

• tatteredRipped and worn out
• wornDamaged by use
• tornPulled into pieces

unraveled · ragged · shabby · moth-eaten · frazzled · shredded · ripped · unkempt · scruffy · weathered

anxious

Troubled by uncertainty

• tenseStrained or nervous
• stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
• irritableEasily provoked to annoyance

overwrought · on edge · jittery · restless · snappy · touchy · high-strung · agitated · frazzled · uptight

strained

Under uncomfortable tension

• tenseStrained or nervous
• deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
• damagedMade worse by injury

weakening · fragile · troubled · rocky · crumbling · breaking down · eroding · tenuous · shaky · unraveling

unraveling

Process of coming undone

• looseNot firmly secured
• untangledSeparated what was knotted
• separatedPut or kept apart

unwoven · dangling · split · rough · jagged · feathered · wispy · stray · fuzzy · unkempt

worn

Damaged by use

• weakenedMade less capable
• unraveledCame undone or solved
• splittingDividing into parts

deteriorating · damaged · unsafe · snapping · thinning · strained · stretched · unwinding · abraded · chafed

• Sewing Metaphorsseamless, threadbare, woven, patched up, hanging by a thread
• damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
• paper conditionsyellowed, faded, torn, creased, wrinkled
• product conditionnew, used, refurbished, like new, good
• secondhandused, pre-owned, preowned, secondhand, hand-me-down
• equipment conditionsworn, damaged, broken, rusted, dented