😌 To relax 🔈 To remove emphasis

to unstress

4.8

Make someone feel less worried or tense

verb
/ʌnˈstrɛs/

: aliviar el estrés

He found that a short walk outside helped him unstress after work.

Examples

Taking deep breaths can help you unstress before an important meeting.
After a busy week, she likes to unstress by listening to music in her room.
I need to unstress after a long week.
She tries to unstress by meditating.
After a busy week, she likes to unstress by listening to music in her room.
Taking deep breaths can help you unstress before an important meeting.
He found that a short walk outside helped him unstress after work.

Synonyms

to relax

vsto unstress

∞ 1.0

To feel less nervous and more calm

targets emotional stress relief specifically rather than general resting

to relieve

vsto unstress

166 2.3

Make pain, stress, or worry less

focuses solely on lowering emotional anxiety rather than any discomfort

to unwind

vsto unstress

35 3.4

Become relaxed and less tense after work or a stressful time

centres on reducing emotional anxiety beyond routine afterwork ease

to decompress

vsto unstress

Informal

11 4.2

Relax and become less tense after work or stress

aims at relieving psychological strain, not only postwork relaxation

to unburden

vsto unstress

6 4.9

To remove a heavy load from someone, physical or emotional, often by talking

relieves inner anxious feelings generally rather than removing burdens by sharing

to relieve stress

vsto unstress

5 3.5

To make you feel less tense or worried

is the same action but may be phrased as a general verb rather than phrase

to destress

vsto unstress

Informal

1 3.9

Become relaxed and less tense

is the general act of easing emotional stress rather than activities

to unbend

vsto unstress

1 5.6

Relax and become less tense or formal

is more focused on easing internal emotional stress specifically

to unstrain

vsto unstress

7.8

To make muscles or nerves feel less tight after stress

focuses specifically on easing psychological or emotional tension

to unpucker

vsto unstress

Informal

7.6

Make a tense person or situation feel more relaxed

is aimed at reducing personal psychological anxiety rather than social tightness

to unlax

vsto unstress

Archaic

9.9

To make the body or mind less tense

targets psychological stress relief rather than general loosening of tension

Antonyms

to stress

286 2.7

To feel pressure and worry because of difficult situations

How Stressed

to calm

962 1.0

to relax

∞ 1.0

to unstress

4.8

to ease

305 2.1

to reassure

163 3.4

Surface Forms

unstress infinitive

unstressed past

unstressed past participle

unstressing present participle

unstresses third person singular

Morphology

unstress = stress (transparent) = un + stress

The prefix 'un-' is used to negate the base word 'stress', forming a verb that means to relieve stress.

Etymology

Unstress comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and stress meaning 'pressure' or 'tension'. So to unstress someone is to take away that pressure and help them feel calm.