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What does nerve-wracking mean?

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Adjective
  1. (proscribed) Intensely distressing or irritating to the nerves.
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While he was the first to perform it was nowhere near as nerve-wracking as the day one try-outs.
The earliest drawings in the show were almost nerve-wracking to view, conveying the feeling of huge ideas having been forced onto a tiny stage.
It was a bit nerve-wracking, but all that matters is that we're in the quarters.
He won the 2002 air rifle world title in a nerve-wracking shoot off with Jie Li of China.
He thanked the crowd for their support after he again put them through a nerve-wracking experience at Wimbledon.
Waiting to diagnose a suspicious lump can be nerve-wracking, and can give the cancer time to grow.

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