to destress

Examples

• All

• This uninterrupted time helps me destress and be calmer and more understanding with my patients.

  Academic text (2011)

• Not taking enough time away to destress and relax can have negative effects on both your physical body and your emotional balance.

  Blog text (13)

• Sam was nowhere in sight, so she decided to destress by washing her car.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Here's a list of things that absolutely helped me destress over the weekend:

  Blog text (25)

• I was tired and had been up since 6:30 a.m. and had a long day, and yeah, the last thing I wanted to do was exercise, but Pilates is great because it doesn't just tone my body; it helps me relax and destress.

  Blog text (10)

• After a long week at work, I like to destress by taking long walks in the park.

• She finds that reading a good book helps her destress after a hectic day.

• To destress, he practices meditation every evening before bed.

Synonyms

R

to relax

vsto destress

∞ 1.0

To feel less nervous and more calm

aims specifically to lower mental stress often using pleasant calming activities

U

to unwind

vsto destress

35 3.4

Become relaxed and less tense after work or a stressful time

applies at any time to reduce mental stress often by calming activities

D

to decompress

vsto destress

• Informal

11 4.2

Relax and become less tense after work or stress

applies at any time to lower mental stress by calming activities

U

to unstress

vsto destress

4.8

Make someone feel less worried or tense

focuses on reducing stress through pleasant calming activities rather than only easing anxiety

Antonyms

S

stress

704 2.8

A feeling of pressure and worry because of difficult situations

How Relaxed

to decompress

• Informal

11 4.2

to destress

• Informal

1 3.9

to unwind

35 3.4

to relax

∞ 1.0

to rest

816 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology