nerve-racking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

nerve-racking
    adj 1: 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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