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Meaning of nerve-wracking | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Adjective. [C2]

Examples

“To thrust this grating, screeching, nerve wracking, heart-rending, worse than Pandemonial howling, upon such an occasion, is the climax of cruelty.”
“One could hardly commend any of these nerve-wracking exploits; [...].”
“Wow... That was nerve-wracking. Well, I'm off!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

nerve-wrecking nerved nerveless nervelike nerveracked nervewracked

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