nerve-jangling
adjEtymology From nerve + jangling.
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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: