What does nerve-wracked mean?
Nerve-wracked means Alternative form of nerve-racked..
Nerve-wracked
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Alternative form of nerve-racked..
Example Sentences
Amateur traders get nerve-wracked, and tend to sell short of their predetermined exit points.
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!
With regard to the latter, she wrote of “the undeniable calmative value of the motion picture as a relaxation for nerve-wracked humanity."
Synonyms for nerve-wracked
Antonyms for nerve-wracked
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Word Forms
- more nerve-wracked
- most nerve-wracked
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Amateur traders get nerve-wracked, and tend to sell short of their predetermined exit points.
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