nerve-racking

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or nerve-wrack·ing (nûrv'răk'ĭng)
adj.
Intensely distressing or irritating to the nerves.


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is the preferred spelling in British English, although American English also allows nerve-wracking.

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Nerve-racking

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nervepirrende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zenuwslopend

Français (French)
adj. - angoissant, insoutenable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nervenaufreibend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εκνευριστικότατος, βασανιστικός, εξουθενωτικός

Italiano (Italian)
snervante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - extremamente irritante

Русский (Russian)
изматывающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - crispante, exasperante, horripilante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - nervpåfrestande, enerverande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
伤脑筋的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 傷腦筋的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 안달 나게 하는, 신경을 괴롭히는, 조마조마하게 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 神経にさわる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرهق للاعصاب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מורט עצבים, מפחיד‬


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