nerve-wracking

Causing fear or anxiety. A lot of people find skydiving nerve-wracking, but when I jump out of an airplane, I'm actually completely calm. Waiting for a doctor to call with biopsy results is always so nerve-wracking.

See also:

be nerve-wracking
wrack
hit the silk
live on (one's) nerves
live on your nerves
have (a lot of) bottle
have a lot of bottle
have, show, etc. bottle
lose (one's) nerve
lose one's nerve

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