nerve-racking

• nerve-wracking

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nerve-racking (comparative more nerve-racking, superlative most nerve-racking)

1. Intensely irritating or distressing to the nerves.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     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."

• gut-wrenching

• nerve-rackingly

• pain-racked