a nerve-racking day at the office. He felt cool and alert,…and, the nerve-racking hours of waiting past, he listened for the starter's gun (P. G. Wodehouse).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
nerve-wrack|ing — nerve rack|ing or nerve wrack|ing «NURV RAK ihng», adjective. extremely irritating; causing great annoyance; very tiring: »a nerve racking day at the office. He felt cool and alert,…and, the nerve racking hours of waiting past, he listened for… … Useful english dictionary
nerve-wrack·ing — ↑nerve racking … Useful english dictionary
nerve´-rack´ing|ly — nerve rack|ing or nerve wrack|ing «NURV RAK ihng», adjective. extremely irritating; causing great annoyance; very tiring: »a nerve racking day at the office. He felt cool and alert,…and, the nerve racking hours of waiting past, he listened for… … Useful english dictionary
nerve-rack|ing — or nerve wrack|ing «NURV RAK ihng», adjective. extremely irritating; causing great annoyance; very tiring: »a nerve racking day at the office. He felt cool and alert,…and, the nerve racking hours of waiting past, he listened for the starter s gun … Useful english dictionary
nerve-wracking or nerve-racking — nerve wrack|ing or nerve rack|ing [ nɜrv,rækıŋ ] adjective making you very nervous or worried … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nerve-racking — nerve′ rack ing or nerve′ wrack ing adj. producing great anxiety, tension, or irritation • Etymology: 1805–15 … From formal English to slang
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
