Synonyms for frayed
frayed

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1. frayedadjective

   worn away or tattered along the edges

   "frayed cuffs"

   Antonyms:
   new

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1. List of paraphrases for "frayed":

   worn

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1. Stefan Worrall:

   The rally itself has been extraordinary but very thin and the failure of the yen to continue on the fairly steady path of weakening we've seen in the past couple of days has been reflected as nervousness in the Nikkei, it's been a very volatile two weeks and nerves are still frayed despite the fact that we're off the bottom of those extreme sessions we saw last week.

2. Jimmy Cannon:

   Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected.

3. President Vladimir Putin:

   The world community did not show enough vigilance, will and consolidation to prevent that war and save millions of lives, what kind of a lesson is still needed today to discard old and frayed ideological disagreements and geopolitical games and to unite in the fight against international terrorism?

4. Ceara Chewning:

   We're starting to see more than general wear and tear. The seams are showing and you're seeing frayed edges. In some spots, it's so thread bear the underlying mat pokes through, it's been on the floor for more than 20 years. Someone did a calculation and figured about 300 million people have passed over it.

5. President Biden:

   I hope my legacy is that I was able to restore some decency and honor to the office; I was able to bring the middle class back to a place where they had real opportunity, given an even chance to succeed; and I was able to reconstruct our alliances, which had been frayed so badly, internationally, and that I was able to bring people together, bring the politics of America together.