Synonyms for nerve racking
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : nurv-rak-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɜrvˌræk ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for nerve racking Other synonyms for the word nerve racking
- aggravating
- agitated
- alarming
- anxious
- apprehensive
- beside oneself
- bundle of nerves
- choked
- clutched
- concerned
- disquieting
- disturbing
- edgy
- exasperating
- excited
- fidgety
- fluttery
- heart-rending
- high-strung
- hung up
- hyper
- impatient
- in a tizzy
- irksome
- irritating
- jittery
- jumpy
- keyed up
- maddening
- moved
- moving
- nerve-racking
- nervous
- nervous wreck
- on edge
- overanxious
- overwrought
- queasy
- racking
- restless
- shot
- shot to pieces
- soaring
- stressful
- strung out
- taxing
- tearing
- tense
- terrifying
- tormenting
- torturing
- torturous
- traumatic
- trying
- uneasy
- unnerved
- unquiet
- up the wall
- upsetting
- uptight
- white knuckled
- wired
- worried
- worrying
- wound up
- wreck
Définition of nerve racking
Origin :- also nerveracking, 1812, from nerve + present participle of verbal sense of rack (n.1).
- As in nerve-racking : adj distressing
- As in on edge : adj tense
- As in tense : adj under stress, pressure
- As in harrowing : adj dangerous, frightening
- The high officials in both countries lived in an uncertainty as to events in Cuba which must have been nerve racking.
- Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 3 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson
- Friday, July Fourth, was celebrated by the absence of fire-crackers and fireworks and other nerve racking and dangerous devices.
- Extract from : « Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913 » by Various
- It was nerve racking to meet so many curves and not to know whether the riders would pass us on the right or on the left.
- Extract from : « Europe from a Motor Car » by Russell Richardson
- He has a very short time in which to accomplish a great deal, and his position at best is nerve racking.
- Extract from : « A Simple Explanation of Modern Banking Customs » by Humphrey Robinson
- We were all "dreadful tired," for this was the third night of late hours and nerve racking strain.
- Extract from : « The Story Girl » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Antonyms for nerve racking
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