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nerve-wracking - extremely irritating to the nerves; nerve-racking noise; the stressful days before a war; a trying day at the office. nerve-racking, stressful, trying. disagreeable - not to your liking; a disagreeable situation.
Etymology: Gk, monos + neuron, nerve, pathos, disease. any disease or disorder that affects a single nerve trunk. Some common causes of disorders involving single nerve trunks are electric shock, radiation, and fractured bones that may compress or lacerate nerve fibers. Casts and tourniquets that are too tight may also damage a nerve by compression or by ischemia.