nerve-racking

nerve-rack·ing or nerve-wrack·ing (nûrv

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adj.

Intensely distressing or irritating to the nerves.

nerve-racking, nerve-wracking

adj

very distressing, exhausting, or harrowing

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Adj.

nerve-racking - extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

nerve-wracking, stressful, trying

disagreeable - not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"

nerve-racking nerve-wracking

adjective tense, trying, difficult, worrying, frightening, distressing, daunting, harassing, stressful, harrowing, gut-wrenching The presentation of a speech can be a nerve-racking experience.

Translations

nerve-racking [ˈnɜːvˌrækɪŋ] ADJ [wait, experience] → angustioso; [drive, journey, interview] → estresante

nerve-racking, nerve-wracking

adj → nervenaufreibend

nerve-racking [ˈnɜːvˌrækɪŋ] adj → logorante

nerve-racking → مرهق الأعصاب nervy drásající nervepirrende nervenaufreibend βασανιστικός que destroza los nervios hermoja raastava stressant zabrinjavajući esasperante 神経をすり減らす 신경을 거스르는 zenuwslopend nervepirrende wykańczający nerwowo angustiante раздражающий läskig น่าเขย่าขวัญ sinir bozucu làm đau đầu 伤脑筋的

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distressing
explosive
harrowing
nerve
nerve-wracking
stressful
tense
touch
trying
uncomfortable

He was only ten, and small for his age, yet he appeared to have the power of being in two rooms at the same time while making a nerve-racking noise in another.

Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

I have arrived at that definition after years of great labour and the most anxious, nerve-racking study.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

How long this nerve-racking experience lasted I cannot guess, though we had pretty nearly finished our meager supply of provisions when the wind picked up a bit and we commenced to draw away.

Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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