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nerve-racking /ˈnəːvrakɪŋ /(also nerve-wracking) adjectiveCausing stress or anxiety: his driving test was a nerve-racking ordeal...- They will talk of prisons in Greece, of frightful justice systems, and of a nerve-racking ordeal which the enthusiast is never likely to forget.
- Postponing a scheduled surgical procedure ratchets up stress in an already nerve-racking event.
- This was a nerve-wracking ordeal for me as Tony's bungalow was one of the few on the mine where the windows were not netted in.
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