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nerve-wracking

nerve-wrack
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nurv rak]
    • /nɜrv ræk/
    • /ˈnɜːvˌræk.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nurv rak]
    • /nɜrv ræk/

Definitions of nerve-wracking word

  • adjective nerve-wracking extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise. 1
  • adjective nerve-wracking that induces great anxiety 1
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Origin of nerve-wracking

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15

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Parts of speech for Nerve-wracking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Nerve-wracking

nerve-wracking popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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