frazzled
Worn to threads
Frazzled describes a state of exhaustion and nervous strain, as if worn to threads.
Someone frazzled has been stretched past their limits by stress, overwork, or chaos: By the end of the holiday season, the retail workers were completely frazzled.
The word suggests being both tired and rattled—not just weary but undone.
Troubled by uncertainty
- tenseStrained or nervous
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- on-edgeTense and uneasy
- strung-outExhausted from substance abuse
wound-up · uptight · strained · pressured · harried · hassled · frantic · maxed-out
Worn until transparent
bedraggled · disheveled · unkempt · rumpled · haggard · drawn · hollow-eyed · world-weary
Nervously upset and confused
- rattledDisturbed and unsettled
- jangledRang with harsh sound
- jitteryAnxiously restless
- unraveledCame undone or solved
discombobulated · ruffled · shaken · unsettled · unnerved · perturbed · distressed · distraught
Emptied of resources
- fatiguedDrained of energy
- wearyDeeply tired, spent
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- spentExhausted or disbursed
depleted · sapped · wiped · worn-out · run-down · knackered · shattered · zonked
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
bombarded · drowning · overextended · underwater · buried · crushed · engulfed · saturated
anxious
Troubled by uncertainty
- tenseStrained or nervous
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- on-edgeTense and uneasy
strung-out · wound-up · uptight · strained · pressured · harried · hassled · frantic · maxed-out · high-strung
threadbare
Worn until transparent
shabby · bedraggled · disheveled · unkempt · rumpled · haggard · drawn · hollow-eyed · world-weary · weathered
flustered
Nervously upset and confused
unraveled · discombobulated · ruffled · shaken · unsettled · unnerved · perturbed · distressed · distraught · undone
drained
Emptied of resources
spent · depleted · sapped · wiped · worn-out · run-down · knackered · shattered · zonked · bushed
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
besieged · bombarded · drowning · overextended · underwater · buried · crushed · engulfed · saturated · stretched
- fatigueexhaustion, tiredness, weariness, lethargy, chronic fatigue
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- exhaustedtired, weary, exhausted, drained, fatigued
- slang moodsbummed, chill, cranky, edgy, grumpy
- stress signspanic, anxiety, worry, tension, burnout
frazzledrefreshed
Restored to vigor
energetic · revitalized · invigorated · rejuvenated · energized