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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  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. Corrie Moreau:

    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.

  2. Irene Chavez:

    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.

  3. Beth Truesdale:

    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.

  4. De Minaur and Nick Kyrgios:

    That was the most stressful tie-breaker I've ever been involved in, i'll definitely be having a couple of red wines tonight.

  5. Clarin Sepulveda:

    It was stressful and extremely inconvenient.

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