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

See also: disagreeable

• carpet bombing
• carpet bug
• carpet grass
• carpet knight
• carpet loom
• carpet moth
• carpet pad
• carpet shark
• carpet slipper
• carpet snake
• carpet sweeper
• carpet tack
• carpetbag
• carpetbagger
• carpetbagging
• carpeted
• carpeting
• carpetweed
• carpetweed family
• Carphophis
• Carphophis amoenus
• Carpinaceae
• carping
• Carpinus
• Carpinus betulus