to overstress

Examples

• All

• However, if not provided with the right type of stimulation, they become bored and overstressed.

  Academic text (1992)

• So easily we can end up overbooked, overspent, and overstressed... all in the name of family fun!

  Blog text (23)

• It is easier for them to strain or overstress those joints.

  Blog text (10)

• When working, the employee should be able to move comfortably between various correct postures so they don't overstress one particular part of the body for an extended period.

  Blog text (3)

• They also began to understand how to feed the mill for optimum production while not overstressing it and causing repair delays.

  Academic text (1998)

• While I am happier than I've ever been in my life, I still struggle with a skeptical disposition and a tendency to overthink and overstress about things.

  Blog text (25)

• She decided to take a break from work to avoid overstressing herself with deadlines.

• The coach warned him not to overstress his body by training too hard every day.

• If you overstress your muscles without giving them time to recover, you risk injury.

Synonyms

O

to overwhelm

vsto overstress

164 4.4

Make someone feel very strong emotions so they cannot think clearly

is physical or mental strain focused on pressure rather than emotional overpowering

O

to overextend

vsto overstress

19 6.3

To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain

is the general idea of excess strain, not only overcommitting tasks

O

to overwork

vsto overstress

15 4.1

To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill

is broader excess strain not only tied to work tasks

O

to overburden

vsto overstress

12 5.9

To give someone too much work or responsibility

focuses on excess strain generally rather than specifically on workload

F

to fatigue

vsto overstress

11 4.6

To make someone very tired by hard work or long effort

is the broader act of placing too much strain rather than the tiredness result

O

to overexert

vsto overstress

4 6.5

Make more effort than your body or mind can handle

covers excess strain generally rather than emphasizing the act of overdoing effort

S

to stress

vsto overstress

4 3.4

To make someone or something work near its limits

is specifically about putting too much mental or physical strain on something

O

to overtire

vsto overstress

3 6.8

To make someone very tired by doing too much

is broader excess strain that includes, but is not limited to, tiredness

O

to overexert oneself

vsto overstress

3 7.2

Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy

describes general excessive strain without stressing personal unwise effort

O

to overtax

vsto overstress

2 5.6

Put too much strain on someone or something so they cannot cope

means excess mental or physical strain without focusing on specific demands

O

to overstretch

vsto overstress

1 5.5

To push someone or something beyond what they can manage

expresses excess strain overall but is less about the pushing action

O

to overstrain

vsto overstress

6.5

To push yourself or something too hard so it breaks and you become very tired

is excess mental or physical strain but less focused on lasting damage

O

to overfatigue

vsto overstress

8.4

To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well

emphasizes general excess strain rather than the direct result of tiredness

O

to overtired

vsto overstress

3.5

To make someone very sleepy from too much activity

covers excessive strain generally rather than only producing tiredness

O

to overweary

vsto overstress

• Archaic

9.5

To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest

means too much mental or physical strain in general, not just tiring

R

to run off someone's feet

vsto overstress

• UK

7.1

To make someone very busy and tired with too much work

is excess strain more widely, not only from heavy work amounts

O

to overwind

vsto overstress

7.9

To make someone feel very nervous and upset

refers to too much strain but not primarily emotional agitation

Antonyms

R

to relax

∞ 1.0

To feel less nervous and more calm

E

to ease off

9 4.0

To become gradually less strong or severe

How Stressed

to overwhelm

88 3.9

to overstress

1 4.4

to stress

286 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology