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nerve-rackingor nerve-wrack·ing [ nurv-rak-ing ] / ˈnɜrvˌræk ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nerve-racking ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise. Origin of nerve-rackingFirst recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby nerve-rackingnerve net, nerve of pterygoid canal, nerve of tensor muscle of soft palate, nerve of tensor tympani muscle, nerve plexus, nerve-racking, nerve root, nerve rootlet, nerves, nerve tissue, nerve to stapedius muscle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nerve-racking"It's been a long and nerve-racking couple of months," Onymous said before disappearing into the ether of the Internet. Who Captured Mitt Romney's 47% Video Clip?|David Frum|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST But even during the live performance, which could be nerve-racking for veteran singers, they showed no fear. Lennon and Maisy Stella Dish on Their Viral Stardom|Nina Strochlic|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST But it was undeniably too fast and nerve-racking for most farmers. The Romance of the Reaper|Herbert Newton Casson Time and again this nerve-racking experience was encountered. American Merchant Ships and Sailors|Willis J. Abbot
Further acquaintance reveals to me the fact that it is the seething center of the most nerve-racking excitement. Glengarry Schooldays|Ralph Connor Of course when you were dealing with hundreds of people, you did not have any nerve-racking hysterics about any one man. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912|James H. Blount The silence of those three men crouching like tigers about to leap was more menacing than the nerve-racking yells. The Light of Western Stars|Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for nerve-rackingnerve-rackingnerve-wracking
adjectivevery distressing, exhausting, or harrowing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nerve-rackingtrying, annoying, stressful, disquieting, disturbing, irksome, irritating, maddening, taxing, tense, upsetting, aggravating, exasperating |