stressed
- adjective
- /strɛst/
- After working long hours for weeks, she became increasingly stressed and overwhelmed.
So I was super, super stressed last year.
- So I was super, super stressed last year.
- So we tend to become stressed when we hear loud noises.
- And oh, it's just people are so stressed about the big day.
- Let's be less stressed than I am normally.
- And my, my dad, he was always very stressed with work.
- People want to know if the person is happy or stressed in part.
- So plants that are stressed are more nutritious, right?
- The result is their immune systems become stressed because they are malnourished.
- So let's say you, Jonathan, think you're stressed all the time.
- Because I'm stressed and anxious and sad for them.
- You have fathers that are stressed, like you said, they're out of work.
- It's almost like to some degree I'm almost more stressed when things are good.
- They can lighten it, make you stressed or or or chilled out.
- instead of constantly being stressed out. And I know that
Examples
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Many students feel stressed during exam season as deadlines approach.
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So we tend to become stressed when we hear loud noises.
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So I was super, super stressed last year.
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And oh, it's just people are so stressed about the big day.
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People want to know if the person is happy or stressed in part.
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People are like stressed and it gets you stressed.
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What can you do about anything that you're stressed over right this moment?
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It makes you quickly realize employees are stressed, employees are burnt out.
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He tries to manage his stressed feelings by practicing yoga and meditation.
Synonyms
Feeling very upset, worried, or hurt
People feel very tense and worried because many difficult things are happening
Feeling very busy and worried because of many small tasks
Feeling too much stress and unable to cope
Appearing not natural and tense, often like a forced smile
Feeling nervous and tense because of pressure at work or study
Antonyms
How Stressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stressed (feeling) comes from the same idea of being 'pressed' or under pressure, as if something is squeezed tight. So if you are stressed, you are under strong pressure or strain.