Nerve-wracked
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nerve-wracked is an adjective meaning Alternative form of nerve-racked.
Meaning
Alternative form of nerve-racked.
Example Sentences
Amateur traders get nerve-wracked, and tend to sell short of their predetermined exit points.
With regard to the latter, she wrote of “the undeniable calmative value of the motion picture as a relaxation for nerve-wracked humanity."
I dropped to my knees in the Saint Aquinas chapel every single night for two weeks straight and dialed the divine Dr. Phil for guidance, implicitly blaming him for my woes: You created my pitiful self-consciousness and nerve-wracked sexuality with your religious rules and prohibitions —do something about it!
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nerve-racking, stressful, trying, disagreeable, distressing, scary.
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