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stress·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
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
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
Etymology: From stress + -ful.
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stressful
Stressful refers to a situation, event, or condition that causes a significant amount of stress, anxiety or worry. It typically involves circumstances that are demanding, challenging, or high-pressure, potentially leading to negative emotional or physical responses.
Webster Dictionary
Stressfuladjective
having much stress
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stressful in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stressful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of stressful in a Sentence
It was nerve-wracking, because you want to protect as much of it as you can, taking the first steps and pulling off part of the abdomen was very stressful, but it was also kind of exhilarating to know that we might be able to address a question that has been unanswered for almost 100 years that can't be answered any other way.
Any exposure, if it occurred, would have been completely innocent, and quite accidental, as the individual had no COVID symptoms and only sought to lift the spirits of those around them during what is a very stressful time.
If you're in a job where you have control over your working environment and can make choices that allow you to take care of your family, then you're lucky, and in that case, job stress can be challenging but satisfying, but for many people, especially those without college degrees, jobs are incredibly stressful because they have very little control.
That was the most stressful tie-breaker I've ever been involved in, i'll definitely be having a couple of red wines tonight.
It was stressful and extremely inconvenient.
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