All nervous wreck synonyms
nerv·ous wreck
N n adjective nervous wreck
- clutched — to hatch (chickens).
- wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- obsessive — being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
adj nervous wreck
- fluttery — fluttering; apt to flutter.
- in state — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- in a state — distraught
- hyper — overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- fidgety — restless; impatient; uneasy.
- hard put — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- bundle of nerves — a very nervous person
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
noun nervous wreck
- worrywart — a person who tends to worry habitually and often needlessly; pessimist; fussbudget.
- ninnyhammer — a fool or simpleton; ninny.
- basket case — If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- wuss — a weakling; wimp.