stressed

B1
US /stɹɛst/
adj verb Freq #5818

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    bearing a stress or accent

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

  2. 2
    adj

    suffering severe physical strain or distress

    I dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.

  3. 3
    verb

    simple past and past participle of stress

  4. 4
    adj

    Suffering stress (either physical or mental).

  5. 5
    adj

    Having a stress or accent.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · bearing a stress or accent accented
2 adj · suffering severe physical... distressed
More harassedharriedtried
Opposites
unstressed
Word family
Derived forms nonstressedphotostressedpre-stressedprestressedstressednesstechnostressed
Related forms stressed-out

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