'nerve-racking' definitions:

Definition of 'nerve-racking'

From: WordNet
adjective
Extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office" [syn: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying]

Definition of 'nerve-racking'

From: GCIDE
  • nerve-racking \nerve-racking\ (n[~e]rv"-r[a^]k`[i^]ng), adj. Extremely irritating to the nerves; stressful; trying; as, nerve-wracking noise. [Also spelled nerve-wracking.]
  • Syn: stressful, trying. [WordNet 1.5]

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