Definitions for stressed
stressed

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stressed, distressed(adj)

   suffering severe physical strain or distress

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

2. stressed, accented(adj)

   bearing a stress or accent

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stressed(Adjective)

   suffering stress (either physical or mental)

2. stressed(Adjective)

   having a stress or accent

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

Anagrams for stressed »

1. desserts, destress

How to pronounce stressed?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say stressed in sign language?

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. Alexander Vindman:

   The privilege of serving my country is not only rooted in my military service, but also in my personal history. I sit here, as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, an immigrant, my family fled the Soviet Union when I was three-and-a-half years old. Upon arriving in New York City in 1979, my father worked multiple jobs to support us, all the while learning English at night. He stressed to us the importance of fully integrating into our adopted country.

2. Charlie Hall:

   Your cortisol levels go down dramatically when you're in the midst of gardening, and cortisol is the stress hormone in your body, so you're less stressed.

3. Sarah Newcomb:

   This is different, coming at a time when people are feeling financially stressed.

4. Vincent Fortun:

   They've been stressed and needed to relax.

5. Tom Gubanc:

   A lot of times, you’ll ask the executives, ‘What’s the largest [employee wellness] priority?’ and they’ll say, ‘Boy, obesity is our biggest problem.’ But if you survey the employees, almost 100 percent of the time, they’ll say, ‘We’re too stressed,’.

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