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- Dictionarystressed/strest/
adjective
- 1. experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension: "stressed workers reported smoking more"
- 2. (of a syllable) pronounced with stress: "elision after a stressed syllable"
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worried and nervous: feel stressed She's been feeling very stressed since she started her new job. I was really stressed out before finals. Grandparents can often devote more time to kids than stressed parents. Fewer examples. I've got too much to do and I'm completely stressed out. He's been very stressed at work recently.
The meaning of STRESSED is subjected to or affected by stress. How to use stressed in a sentence.
a difficult situation caused by too much being needed or expected from a system, resource, etc. : stress on The city is finding it hard to cope with stress on its housing supply. Adding 32 million people is going to put stresses on all of our systems. under stress Emergency food supplies are under stress as a result of widespread famine and war.
: a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation. d. : a state resulting from a stress. especially : one of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium. job-related stress. e. : strain, pressure.
If you are stressed, you feel tense and anxious because of difficulties in your life. Work out what situations or people make you feel stressed and avoid them. Synonyms: anxious , worried , tense , upset More Synonyms of stressed
Definitions of stressed. adjective. suffering severe physical strain or distress. synonyms: distressed. troubled. characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. adjective. bearing a stress or accent. “an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'” synonyms: accented.
Definition of stressed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of stress noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a load, force, or system of forces producing a strain. the internal resistance or reaction of an elastic body to the external forces applied to it. the ratio of force to area. Physiology. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism.
Definition of 'stress' Word Frequency. stress. (stres ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense stresses , present participle stressing , past tense, past participle stressed. 1. verb B2. If you stress a point in a discussion, you put extra emphasis on it because you think it is important.
