Frayed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

frayed
    adj 1: worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"

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 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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