nerve-wracked
Stressed beyond composure
Nerve-wracked describes a state of extreme anxiety or nervous agitation: She was nerve-wracked waiting for the test results.
The spelling reflects confusion with "wrack" (destruction, ruin), though "nerve-racking" is the traditional form.
Both convey the sense of nerves being stretched to the breaking point.
Anxiously restless
- edgyTense and irritable
- twitchyNervously prone to spasms
- restlessUnable to be still
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
antsy · jumpy · on-edge · keyed-up · wired · high-strung · skittish · unsettled
Fearful of future events
- fearfulFull of fright
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
- panickyOvercome by sudden fear
dread · foreboding · trepidation · concerned · distressed · alarmed · frightened · terrified
Mentally and physically depleted
- drainedEmptied of resources
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- friedCooked in hot fat
shot · wrung-out · strung-out · ragged · stressed-out
Surrounded by attackers
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
bombarded · burdened · overloaded · pressured · overburdened · beset · strained · stretched
jittery
Anxiously restless
fidgety · antsy · jumpy · on-edge · keyed-up · wired · high-strung · skittish · unsettled · shaky
apprehensive
Fearful of future events
panicky · dread · foreboding · trepidation · concerned · distressed · alarmed · frightened · terrified · scared
frazzled
Mentally and physically depleted
fried · shot · wrung-out · strung-out · ragged · stressed-out
besieged
Surrounded by attackers
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
overcome · bombarded · burdened · overloaded · pressured · overburdened · beset · strained · stretched · taxed
nerve-wrackedcalm
Free from agitation
serene · relaxed · tranquil · composed · untroubled
nerve-wrackedunflappable
Impossible to disturb
composed · self-assured · confident · poised · steady
nerve, nerves, nerved, nerving, nervous, nervously, nervousness, unnerve, unnerved