Found 2 items, similar to nerve-wracking. English → English (WordNet) Definition: nerve-wracking nerve-wracking adj : extremely irritating to the nerves; “nerve-racking noise”; “the stressful days before a war”; “a trying day at the office” [syn: nerve-racking, stressful, trying] English → English (gcide) Definition: nerve-wracking nerve-racking \nerve-racking\ (n[~e]rv"-r[a^]k`[i^]ng), adj. Extremely irritating to the nerves; stressful; trying; as, nerve-wracking noise. [Also spelled nerve-wracking.] Syn: stressful, trying. [WordNet 1.5] nerve-wracking \nerve-wracking\ (n[~e]rv"-r[a^]k`[i^]ng), adj. Same as nerve-racking. Syn: stressful, trying. [WordNet 1.5]