Synonyms for nerve-wracking
nerve-wrack·ing

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1. nerve-wrackingadjective

   Synonyms:
   gut-wrenching

2. nerve-wrackingadjective

   Intensely distressing or irritating to the nerves.

   Synonyms:
   gut-wrenching

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1. nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, tryingadjective

   extremely irritating to the nerves

   "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

   Synonyms:
   nerve-racking, stressful, trying

   Antonyms:
   agreeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "nerve-wracking":

   stressful, nerve-racking

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1. Rupert Werff:

   This is a very exciting but nerve-wracking time for us, the first juvenile allosaurus was just a couple of limb bones and three ribs, so this is by far the most intact specimen.

2. Jackie Meador:

   It's kind of nerve-wracking, when I won the school bee and beat the fifth graders, I realized I might be good at it.

3. Danielle Kang:

   Let me tell you, that was the hardest two-footer I’ve ever had to putt, it was pretty nerve-wracking, but I just did it.

4. Thierry Chow:

   People born in the Rabbit year have to expect big changes health-wise, career-wise and relationship-wise. It could be a bit nerve-wracking, especially for those whose birth charts do n’t favor Water, but do remember it never is all bad. It may mean an opportunity to grow.

5. Durham Sr.:

   It was very nerve-wracking, hearing that your son got shot because you don't know what. Is his leg shot? Is he dead? Lot of things is racing through your mind.