Usually means: Causing stress, anxiety, or tension.
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  1. nerve-wracking: Merriam-Webster
  2. nerve-wracking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nerve-wracking, nerve-wracking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nerve-wracking: Vocabulary.com
  5. nerve-wracking: Wordnik
  6. nerve-wracking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. nerve-wracking: Wiktionary
  8. nerve-wracking: Dictionary.com
  9. nerve-wracking: Rhymezone
  10. nerve-wracking: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nerve-wracking: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  (proscribed) Alternative form of nerve-racking [Intensely irritating or distressing to the nerves.]

Similar:
nerve-racking, stressful, trying, disagreeable, nerve-shredding, nervish, worryful, neurotic, nervous, worrisome, more...

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calming, relaxing, soothing, tranquil, peaceful

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stressful, anxiety-inducing, nerve-racking, heart-pounding, more...

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Similar:
nerve-racking, stressful, trying, disagreeable, nerve-shredding, nervish, worryful, neurotic, nervous, worrisome, more...

Opposite:
calming, relaxing, soothing, tranquil, peaceful

Types:
stressful, anxiety-inducing, nerve-racking, heart-pounding, more...

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    gray,     black,     red,     dark blue,     dark green, more...



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