Found 2 items, similar to nerve-racking.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: nerve-racking nerve-racking adj : extremely irritating to the nerves; “nerve-racking noise”; “the stressful days before a war”; “a trying day at the office” [syn: nerve-wracking, stressful, trying]
English → English (gcide) Definition: nerve-racking 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]