nerve-racking
or nerve-wrack·ing
[nurv-rak-ing]
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adjective
extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
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Origin of nerve-racking
First recorded in 1805–15
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Examples from the Web for nerve-wracking
Contemporary Examples of nerve-wracking
Yeah, it can be nerve-wracking, but it seems to work for me.
That time had been nerve-wracking, yet extremely happy for the family.
Historical Examples of nerve-wracking
"You're a nerve-wracking woman, Lyad," Belchik said unhappily.
LegacyJames H Schmitz
But Janet preferred not to listen to the wind; it was too mournful, too nerve-wracking.
Janet Hardy in HollywoodRuthe S. Wheeler
He'd taken on the lonely, nerve-wracking job of service station attendant just to see what it offered.
Acid BathVaseleos Garson
It was a night of agony by thirst, of nerve-wracking bomb explosions, and of bayonet jabs in the dark.
New Zealanders at GallipoliMajor Fred Waite
To Greg Hunter the siege of the orbit-ship had been a nerve-wracking game of listening and waiting for something to happen.
Gold in the SkyAlan Edward Nourse
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