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. 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.

2. Nick Hague:

   It's nerve wracking. All the emotions that are going to be kind of coursing through me, you're leaving family for an extended period of time, so it can be stressful.

3. Corrie Moreau:

   It was nerve-wracking, because you want to protect as much of it as you can, taking the first steps and pulling off part of the abdomen was very stressful, but it was also kind of exhilarating to know that we might be able to address a question that has been unanswered for almost 100 years that can't be answered any other way.

4. Joey Gonzalez:

   It was very nerve-wracking and a real barrier of entry because I thought it would be too hard.

5. Paul Kranhold:

   It was pretty nerve-wracking last night as that wind changed, i've got a four-bedroom house so I thought if I can save that, then I can take in those people whose homes are gone. They can come stay here because there's nowhere for many of them to go.