Nerve-wreck
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of nerve rack. alt-of, alternative
"It stands not far under these circumstances from the lunatic asylum and leaves a memory of nerve-wreck, or even of cowardice, which does not minister to self-respect."
- 2 A person who is debilitated by stress.
"Behold the triumph of hypnotic mystification by the might of which the vacuous become profound and the flabby-willed nerve-wreck a heroine of dauntless faith!"
Example
More examples"It stands not far under these circumstances from the lunatic asylum and leaves a memory of nerve-wreck, or even of cowardice, which does not minister to self-respect."
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