emotional wreck
1 of 1noun/ɪˈmoʊʃənəl rɛk/
Forms:emotional wrecks
1
a person who is experiencing intense feelings of sadness, anger, anxiety, or any other strong emotion that causes them to feel overwhelmed and unable to function normally
- After the breakup, she was an emotional wreck, unable to stop crying.
- The constant stress at work turned him into an emotional wreck.
- Losing her job left her feeling like an emotional wreck for weeks.
- After the accident, he was an emotional wreck, barely able to speak.
- Seeing her friends move away made her an emotional wreck, feeling abandoned.