fray
- n a noisy fight
- v wear away by rubbing
The friction frayed the sleeve - v cause friction
frazer
- n English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)
frazzle
- n a state of extreme exhaustion
he was worn to a frazzle - v wear away by rubbing
- v exhaust physically or emotionally
She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws
freak
- n a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- n someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
a bodybuilding freak - v lose one's nerve
When he saw the accident, he freaked out