Frazzle /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Frazzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frazzling

1. To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; -- used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

   Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement.

1. The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

   My fingers are all scratched to frazzles.

2. a state of extreme exhaustion; -- often used in the phrase worn to a frazzle.

   Gordon had sent word to Lee that he “had fought his corps to a frazzle.”