nerve-racked
nerve-racked adjective: experiencing nerve rack.
Adjective
nerve-racked (comparative more nerve-racked, superlative most nerve-racked)
- Experiencing nerve rack.
- He was the last person a nerve-racked trader wanted to see.1989, Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker, →ISBN, page 13
- But as things are to-day it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the majority of wives are left wakeful and nerve-racked to watch with tender motherly brooding, or with bitter and jealous envy, the slumbers of the men who, through ignorance and carelessness, have neglected to see that they too...2009, Anthony Capella, The Wedding Officer, →ISBN
Forms of nerve-racked
| comparative | more nerve-racked |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nerve-racked |
| alternative form | nerveracked |
| alternative form | nerve-wracked |
| alternative form | nervewracked |
Questions about nerve-racked
- What does nerve-racked mean?
- Nerve-racked means experiencing nerve rack.
- What part of speech is nerve-racked?
- Nerve-racked is an adjective.
Words near nerve-racked in the dictionary
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