nervewracked

comparative more nervewracked · superlative most nervewracked

1. alternativeAlternative form of nerve-racked.

   He met her gaze easily, as if unaware of the nervewracked entreaty of her expression.

   2013, Tim Jeal, A Marriage of Convenience, →ISBN

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   Distracted, their dupes worry through life. Nervewracked, they stumble from the cradle to the grave.

   1977, Maximilian Beyer, The purpose of life, page 106

   This groove throws up a higher panic, issued by the grown-ups at headquarters this time, a nervewracked-at-the-nerve-center vibe.

   2012, Jonathan Lethem, Talking Heads' Fear of Music, →ISBN, page 52