Nerve-racking Crossword Clue

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Nerve-racking Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
2. become stretched or tense or taut
(noun)
1. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
(adjective)
1. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
2. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat’)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

NERVE-RACKING (adjective)
1. extremely irritating to the nerves
RACKING (adjective)
1. causing great physical or mental suffering

Hint 3: Anagram

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