nail-biting

Speech parts

1. nail-biting - Noun

2. nail-biting - Adjective

3. nail-biting - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

(of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense

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Alternative names

nail biting

Synonyms

suspensive suspenseful cliff-hanging care concern suffering doubt anxiety tense panic distress exciting anxious uneasy fraught
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Antonyms

bliss content confidence cool determination calm
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Examples

As all eyes remains fixed on who will win the nail-biting US Presidential Polls 2020, US President Donald Trump claimed early Wednesday that he had already won the US election and, accusing rival Joe. Source: Internet

But the ridge leading up to the summit is considerably more nail-biting as it runs along a knife-edge - not one to be recommended for those scared of heights. Source: Internet

An intense book about a piece of Chicago’s history many would rather was forgotten, this is a nail-biting tale that manages to drag the reader in even though Cooley isn’t always likable. Source: Internet

From thumb-sucking to nail-biting to head-banging, find out what to do (and not to do) to curb your cutie's most baffling behaviors. Source: Internet

“In less masterful hands, this pile-up of implausible coincidences, madcap romance, technological mayhem and nail-biting suspense might have been a train wreck, but Stephenson pulls it off. Source: Internet

At 2:06AM, the orbiter passed behind Mars, and radio communications from Earth were blocked for a nail-biting twenty-one minutes. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nail varnish nail varnishes nail violin nail-bitingly nail-driving nail-head