1. Extremely irritating to the nerves
   "nerve-racking noise"
   - nerve-wracking, stressful, trying

See also: disagreeable

• scuffle hoe
• scull
• sculler
• scullery
• sculling
• scullion
• sculp
• sculpin
• sculpt
• sculpted
• sculptor
• sculptress
• sculptural
• sculptural relief
• sculpture
• sculptured
• sculpturer
• sculpturesque
• scum
• scumbag
• scumble
• scumming
• scummy
• scunner
• scup