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nerve-jangling

nerve-jangling adjective: synonym of nerve-racking.

Adjective

nerve-jangling (comparative more nerve-jangling, superlative most nerve-jangling)

  1. Synonym of nerve-racking.
    • Leicester's fans - inside Wembley as 21,000 supporters formed the biggest attendance since lockdown - had to survive a nerve-jangling closing phase before they could celebrate the win in their first final since 1969.2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    nerve-racking

Synonyms of nerve-jangling

Forms of nerve-jangling

comparativemore nerve-jangling
superlativemost nerve-jangling

Origin of nerve-jangling

From nerve + jangling.

Questions about nerve-jangling

What does nerve-jangling mean?
Nerve-jangling means synonym of nerve-racking.
What part of speech is nerve-jangling?
Nerve-jangling is an adjective.

Words near nerve-jangling in the dictionary

  1. nerve trunk
  2. nerve trunks
  3. nerve up
  4. nerve wrack
  5. nerve wracks
  6. nerve-jangling
  7. nerve-rack
  8. nerve-racked
  9. nerve-racking
  10. nerve-rackingly
  11. nerve-racks

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