"nervous wreck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nervous wrecks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nervous wreck (plural nervous wrecks)
  1. A very stressed and anxious person. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bundle of nerves, nervous Nellie, worrywart, worrier Translations (very stressed person): hermoraunio (Finnish), nervvrak [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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