stressful

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Irritating; causing stress.

   I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.

2. 2
   adj

   extremely irritating to the nerves

3. 3
   adj

   Mentally taxing.

Etymology

From stress + -ful.