stressful
167
2.8
- adjective
- /ˈstrɛs.fəl/
:
estresante
- But there are few things as stressful as stage fright or performance anxiety.
- a stressful situation
- a stressful job
- a stressful event
Oh, they just had a stressful day at work.
- Oh, they just had a stressful day at work.
- And life is stressful for lots of people.
- And so that would be very stressful on the airplane.
- So it's it's far more stressful coming out of prison.
- Or if life is stressful, I must be broken.
- So, you know, that was a stressful time in my life.
- No, but it's a really stressful job, you know.
- All right, It's, it was quite a stressful morning, I would say.
- It sounds like an exciting, stressful, hectic job.
- That was stressful parking though, I'm not gonna lie.
- And we're, you know, we've had a couple stressful nights in a row.
Examples
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Wow, what a stressful day, huh?
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Over half had experienced three or more stressful life events in the past three years.
Academic text (2011) -
Oh, they just had a stressful day at work.
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Today is the most stressful day of my life.
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And life is stressful for lots of people.
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Today has been one of the most stressful days of my life so far.
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How do people deal with a stressful changing environment?
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So, you know, that was a stressful time in my life.
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It's been a long and stressful day.
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Today is the most stressful day of my life.
Synonyms
24
2.8
People feel very tense and worried because many difficult things are happening
20
5.0
Makes you feel very worried and tense
18
6.1
Causes a lot of worry and stress
1
6.2
Making someone feel very worried or upset
1
5.1
Hard to deal with and making people feel tired or annoyed
Too difficult or expensive for someone to manage easily
Antonyms
How Stressful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stressful comes from stress, which originally meant 'pressure' or 'tightness', and the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. So stressful is 'full of pressure', something that causes worry or tension.