stressed
B1
adj
verb
Freq #5818
Meanings
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1
adj
bearing a stress or accent
an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'
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2
adj
suffering severe physical strain or distress
I dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.
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3
verb
simple past and past participle of stress
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4
adj
Suffering stress (either physical or mental).
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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