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stressed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stressed, distressedadjective

    suffering severe physical strain or distress

    "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"

  2. stressed, accentedadjective

    bearing a stress or accent

    "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"

Wiktionary

  1. stressedadjective

    suffering stress (either physical or mental)

  2. stressedadjective

    having a stress or accent

ChatGPT

  1. stressed

    Stressed generally refers to the state of experiencing emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. This could result from various situations such as workload, personal challenges, or other life changes. It also refers to the physical pressure or tension exerted on an object or substance.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'stressed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4055

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Anagrams for stressed »

  1. desserts

  2. destress

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stressed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stressed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of stressed in a Sentence

  1. Interior Minister Salameh Hamad:

    It is rooted in the shooter’s psychological and financial issue ... He was in a stressed mental position.

  2. Gloria Mark:

    We cut off email for some workers in an organization for one work week, using heart rate monitors, we found that they became significantly less stressed and were able to focus significantly longer.

  3. Carl Sagan:

    A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.

  4. Saraya Gomis:

    Many teachers and principals have a huge lack of knowledge when it comes to dealing with anti-Semitism, they're not quite sure how to detect it, and when they do, they're too busy or stressed to deal with it.

  5. Neel Kashkari:

    I challenge anybody who thinks, in a stressed time, we would put these banks through resolution, i really don't think it will happen.

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