"nerve-shredding" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more nerve-shredding",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most nerve-shredding",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "nerve-shredding (comparative more nerve-shredding, superlative most nerve-shredding)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “\"Condor\"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:",
          "text": "The interior of an active diesel locomotive's engine compartment was the nerve-shredding inferno I had imagined, intensified because the bulk of the violently drumming power plant hems you so close to it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online:",
          "text": "His side could find dignity in defeat after they subjected Manchester City to a nerve-shredding finale but the Premier League's second-placed team still advanced to the fourth round and a tie against Notts County that Roberto Mancini will hope will be much more straightforward.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suspenseful."
      ],
      "id": "en-nerve-shredding-en-adj-NQsubjXh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Suspenseful",
          "suspenseful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Suspenseful."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "nerve-shredder"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nail-biting"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nerve-shredding"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more nerve-shredding",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most nerve-shredding",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "nerve-shredding (comparative more nerve-shredding, superlative most nerve-shredding)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "nerve-shredder"
    }
  ],
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “\"Condor\"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:",
          "text": "The interior of an active diesel locomotive's engine compartment was the nerve-shredding inferno I had imagined, intensified because the bulk of the violently drumming power plant hems you so close to it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online:",
          "text": "His side could find dignity in defeat after they subjected Manchester City to a nerve-shredding finale but the Premier League's second-placed team still advanced to the fourth round and a tie against Notts County that Roberto Mancini will hope will be much more straightforward.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suspenseful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Suspenseful",
          "suspenseful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Suspenseful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nail-biting"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nerve-shredding"
}