All this bickering is starting to fray my nerves.
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Fray
//fɹeɪ//
Synonyms for "fray" (183 found)
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139 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- сбиване noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- свада noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- стълкновение noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- износвам verb (to rub)
Catalan
4 entries- baralla noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- batussa noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- brega noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- desfilar-se verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 开线 verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Czech
4 entries- potyčka noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- rvačka noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- šarvátka noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- drásat verb (of a person’s mental strength, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out)
Danish
1 entries- slagsmål noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
Dutch
1 entries- ontrafelen verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Finnish
4 entries- riita noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- rähinä noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- harsuuntua verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- hieroa verb (to rub)
French
4 entries- bagarre noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- combat noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- effilocher verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- user verb (of a person’s mental strength, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out)
Galician
4 entries- baralla noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- breiga noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- delatixo noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- gurra noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
German
4 entries- Auseinandersetzung noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- Getümmel noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- Kampf noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- Prügelei noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
Greek
3 entries- διαμάχη noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- συμπλοκή noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- σύρραξη noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
Hebrew
4 entries- קטטה noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- תחרות noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- התבלה verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- נשחק verb (of a person’s mental strength, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out)
Hungarian
4 entries- dörzsöl verb (to rub)
- elkoptat verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- elnyű verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- felfeslik verb (to become unravelled or worn)
Irish
1 entries- comhrac noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
Italian
3 entries- agone noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- baruffa noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- mischia noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
Māori
1 entries- tāwekoweko verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Norwegian
2 entries- rakne verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- rakne verb (of a person’s mental strength, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out)
Occitan
2 entries- desfilar verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- desfilargar verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schläajarie noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
Portuguese
3 entries- briga noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- refrega noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- desfiar verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Russian
4 entries- борьба́ noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- дра́ка noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- перепа́лка noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- сраже́ние noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
Spanish
4 entries- batalla noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- combate noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- riña noun (noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; loud quarrel — see also brawl, fight)
- desflecar verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Turkish
1 entries- çözülmek verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Ukrainian
3 entries- обтріпуватися verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- пошарпатися verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
- торочитися verb (to rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction)
Sample sentences
47 total sentences available.
I do not believe progress is possible if our desire to preserve our identities gives way to an impulse to dehumanize or dominate another group. If our religion leads us to persecute those of another faith, if we jail or beat people who are gay, if our traditions lead us to prevent girls from going to school, if we discriminate on the basis of race or tribe or ethnicity, then the fragile bonds of civilization will fray.
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We have entreated Pan (whose statue stands beneath yonder pine, and whom you have never honoured even with a bunch of flowers) to succour Chloe, for he is more used to warfare than we are, and has often quitted his groves to join in the fray.
Source: tatoeba (6212759)
"High in the citadel the monstrous frame / pours forth an armed deluge to the day, / and Sinon, puffed with triumph, spreads the flame. / Part throng the gates, part block each narrow way; / such hosts Mycenae sends, such thousands to the fray."
Source: tatoeba (6817113)
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