That test was so nerve-racking.
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Nerve-racking
Synonyms for "nerve-racking" (14 found)
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14 translations across 10 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 令人緊張嘅 /令人紧张嘅 adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Danish
1 entries- nervepirrende adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Dutch
1 entries- zenuwslopend adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Finnish
1 entries- hermoja raastava adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
German
3 entries- nervenaufreibend adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
- nervenzerfetzend adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
- nervenzermürbend adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Irish
1 entries- coscrach adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nervepirrende adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nervepirrande adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Polish
1 entries- stresujący adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Spanish
3 entries- angustiante adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
- angustioso adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
- estresante adj (intensely irritating or distressing)
Sample sentences
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The Euro 2020 soccer final between Italy and England played at Wembley stadium Sunday night was nerve-racking for fans of both teams.
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Driving tests are nerve-racking.
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It was a very nerve-racking experience.
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