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The meaning of NERVE-RACKING is extremely trying on the nerves. How to use nerve-racking in a sentence.
Something that is nerve-racking is difficult to do and causes a lot of worry for the person involved in it: My wedding was the most nerve-racking thing I've ever experienced. Synonyms. stressful. trying. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing anxiety and worry. alarmingly. bite. catch up with someone. come back to bite someone idiom.
Nerve-racking and nerve-wracking are alternative spellings of the same adjective, referring to something stressful or anxiety-inducing. Nerve-racking is the standard spelling. Wrack is as a word for seaweed.
We have two phrases—nerve-wracking and nerve-racking. Both phrases are used as adjectives when we want to describe something that makes us feel anxious, nervous, or tense. They have the “nerve” part in common, but “wracking” and “racking” are not the same word.
A nerve-racking situation or experience makes you feel very tense and worried. They spent a nerve-racking day waiting. It was more nerve-wracking than taking a World Cup penalty.
Nerve-racking definition: extremely irritating, annoying, or trying. See examples of NERVE-RACKING used in a sentence.
Definition of nerve-racking adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
