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Adjective
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Causing fear, distress, or anxiety
disturbing
distressing
unsettling
disquieting
worrisome
tense
unnerving
uneasy
distressful
anxious
agitating
hairy
fraught
upsetting
nervous
worrying
restless
creepy
alarming
harrowing
frightening
difficult
stressful
trying
daunting
terrifying
harassing
scary
taxing
irksome
panicky
intimidating
menacing
nail-biting
gut-wrenching
anxious-making
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“Postponing a scheduled surgical procedure ratchets up stress in an already nerve-racking event.”
Adjective
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Mentally oppressive or hard to endure
heavy
onerous
burdensome
demanding
challenging
difficult
formidable
traumatic
weighty
vexatious
worrisome
embittering
wearisome
stressful
distressing
trying
upsetting
crushing
harrowing
exacting
galling
intolerable
oppressive
taxing
worrying
disturbing
toilsome
distressful
exigent
grievous
hefty
irksome
nagging
painful
pressing
severe
testing
tough
troublesome
harsh
shocking
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Adjective
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Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
on edge
anxious
edgy
nervous
tense
uneasy
troubled
worried
antsy
jumpy
jittery
nervy
perturbed
upset
uptight
insecure
unquiet
queasy
queazy
restless
agitated
hinky
aflutter
fidgety
dithery
goosey
atwitter
unsettled
restive
hung up
twitchy
ill at ease
keyed up
wired
apprehensive
unstable
excitable
neurotic
unnerved
highly strung
hysterical
sensitive
brittle
skittish
beside oneself
excited
feeling anxious
high-strung
hyper
in suspense
nail-biting
nervous wreck
overanxious
stressful
wound up
het up
bundle of nerves
in a tizzy
nerves on edge
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Adjective
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Causing or creating excitement
exciting
thrilling
exhilarating
gripping
rousing
stimulating
dramatic
electrifying
enthralling
inspiring
intoxicating
envigoratingUK
invigoratingUS
stirring
compelling
explosive
moving
riveting
breathtaking
intense
powerful
sensational
shocking
startling
suspenseful
arousing
cliffhanging
dynamic
mind-blowing
wild
hair-raising
knife-edge
spine-tingling
adrenaline-charged
edge-of-the-seat
electric
exhilarative
heart-stopping
kicky
mind-bending
mind-boggling
rip-roaring
stem-winding
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Adjective
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(colloquial) Causing or able to cause fright
scary
frightening
scaring
terrifying
petrifying
chilling
horrifying
alarming
appalling
daunting
formidable
fearsome
threatening
unnerving
eerie
dire
direful
dread
dreadful
fearful
forbidding
frightful
ghastly
horrendous
horrible
intimidating
redoubtable
shocking
sinister
terrible
bloodcurdling
creepy
menacing
pulse-pounding
startling
worrying
shivery
shuddery
spooky
hairy
blood-curdling
hair-raising
spine-chilling
spine-tingling
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Adjective
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Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation
explosive
dangerous
hazardous
charged
tense
overwrought
perilous
unstable
volatile
critical
inflammable
serious
ugly
worrying
anxious
delicate
sensitive
strained
combustible
dicey
iffy
nasty
stressful
unsafe
volcanic
knife-edge
touch-and-go
highly charged
extreme
terrible
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nerve-wracking
nerve-rackingly

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