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stressed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stressed, distressedadjective

    suffering severe physical strain or distress

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

  2. stressed, accentedadjective

    bearing a stress or accent

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

Wiktionary

  1. stressedadjective

    suffering stress (either physical or mental)

  2. stressedadjective

    having a stress or accent

ChatGPT

  1. stressed

    Stressed generally refers to the state of experiencing emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. This could result from various situations such as workload, personal challenges, or other life changes. It also refers to the physical pressure or tension exerted on an object or substance.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

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Anagrams for stressed »

  1. desserts

  2. destress

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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. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby:

    Secretary Austin thanked the minister for Poland’s willingness to continue to look for ways to assist Ukraine, but he stressed that we do not support the transfer of additional fighter aircraft to the Ukrainian air force at this time and therefore have no desire to see them in our custody either.

  2. Managing Director Robert Brumley:

    You can bring new things to have them stressed, break them, and find out the laws of unintended consequences, this should become like a magnet where people with ideas and technologies come, and not just test but interact.

  3. Hans Kluge:

    It is our assessment that this variant of concern may, over time, replace other circulating lineages as seen in the United Kingdom, and increasingly in Denmark, with increased transmissibility and similar disease severity, the variant does, however, raise alarm : without increased control to slow its spread, there will be an increased impact on already stressed and pressurized health facilities.

  4. Malachi Rosen:

    Over time, despite being skeptical at first, I started to realize and notice the benefits, i have been a lot less stressed, my level of anxiety has gone down and my ability to focus becomes easier.

  5. Peter Fried:

    If you look at poor nutrition, very young, no prenatal care, very stressed single moms, those things are going to add together to the potential impact of marijuana during pregnancy.

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