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for Frayed
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Fray \Fray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed (fr[=a]d); p. pr. &
vb. n. Fraying.] [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed?
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
frayed
adj 1: worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "frayed":
dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frazzled, full of holes,
holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, patchy, ragged, raggedy,
ratty, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, tacky, tattered, tatty,
torn
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