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Nerve-racking

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Intensely irritating or distressing to the nerves.

    "His own greeting was equally cordial. "Still exploring!" he cried, as he shook them by the hand. "We will hope your new experiences will not be so nerve-racking as our last.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely irritating to the nerves wordnet

Etymology

1812.

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