What does stressful mean?

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stress·ful

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, tryingadjective

    extremely irritating to the nerves

    "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

Wiktionary

  1. stressfuladjective

    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. uE000155019uE001Richard Nelson Bolles

  2. Etymology: From stress + -ful.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stressfuladjective

    having much stress

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stressful in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stressful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of stressful in a Sentence

  1. Stefan Schauffele:

    Just in shock, i was trying so hard to just stay calm. ... But man, it was stressful. And I made that putt and it was just a huge weight lifted off my shoulders and just very relieved and happy.

  2. Mark Webber:

    We had a lot of problems and it was very stressful. We got the car home and we had enough points and enough wins to be world champions.

  3. Keith Horn:

    Officer Middleton’s conduct during a highly stressful and potentially vulnerable time during the history of our community — the most significant policing event in our community in 20 years — demonstrates that he should no longer be a police officer.

  4. Wang Cong:

    Life is much less stressful than in big cities.

  5. Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi:

    I’m deeply concerned about the difficult and stressful situation facing staff at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the potential risks this entails for nuclear safety, i call on the forces in effective control of the site to urgently facilitate the safe rotation of personnel there.

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