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marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
- the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash
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“Nerve-racking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve-racking. Accessed 30 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of nerve-racking was in 1812
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