nail-biting

a nail-biting event or period of time makes you feel very nervous, usually because you are waiting for something important to happen (always before noun) The teams were very evenly matched and played a close game right up to the nail-biting finish.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MaitiÚ	MAT-yoo	Irish
Maunu	MOW-noo	Finnish
Felicitas	fe-LEE-tsee-tahs (German)	German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Gu&Eth;Mundr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Karishma	-	Indian, Hindi
Leone (2)	-	English