frayed

About 0.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Unravelled; worn at the end or edge.
2. adjective Exhausted, strained, beleaguered, or suffering from stress.
3. verb simple past and past participle of fray

Similar words

worn damaged defeated undone untied ravelled frazzled ragged threadbare raggedy

Often followed by

and nerves at edges by or out ends rope