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🔄 Repeated pressure 🔁 To emphasize again
restress

restress

8.2
A new pressure on a thing or person that causes strain
  • noun
translation icon : recompresión
  • The restress caused by repeated deadlines affected his health over time.

Examples

  • Engineers measured the restress on the bridge after each simulated earthquake.

  • After a short break, the athlete felt a restress in her injured knee.

  • The doctor recommended a restress of the injured area.

  • After the accident, a restress of her emotions was necessary.

  • The restress from the constant workload began to take a toll on her mental well-being.

  • He discussed the restress he felt after his parents separated, highlighting its emotional impact.

  • The geologists analyzed the restress in the rock layers after the seismic activity in the area.

Synonyms

recompression
vsrestress
  • Specialized
6.7

Raising air pressure again in a chamber to treat the sickness divers get after surfacing too fast

is a broader renewed application of force or tension beyond medical pressure

Antonyms

relaxation
54 1.6

A calm, stress-free state when you rest or enjoy free time

How Stressful

breakdown
  • Informal
120 3.9
overload
30 4.4
restress
8.2
to stress
286 2.7
strain
  • Literature
48 3.3
calmness
9 2.7

Surface Forms

restress singular
restresses plural

Morphology

restress = stress (transparent) = re + stress

The meaning is directly 'stress again' or 'renewed stress', which follows the normal meaning of the prefix 're-'.

Etymology

Restress as a noun comes from re- 'again' and stress 'pressure or tension'. So it means a new or repeated time of stress or force, like a bridge or a knee feeling pressure again.