stressed

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stressed

  • /stɹɛst/

Rhymes with -ɛst

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of stress

adjective more stressed · most stressed

  1. Suffering stress (either physical or mental).
  2. Having a stress or accent.

Similar: harassed, harried, tried · Opposite: unstressed

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: troubled, distressed, strong, heavy, emphatic, masculine, long, accented, emphasized, stressful, jumpy, disrupted, strained, pressed, drawn, disturbed

adjective

Similar: harassed, harried, tried · Opposite: unstressed

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adj stressed-out

Españolestresado
日本語緊張した kinchō-shita
中文緊張 /紧张 jǐnzhāng
Portuguêsestressado, stressado
Françaisstressé
Deutschgestresst, strapaziert
Русскийнапряжённый naprjažónnyj, в состоя́нии стре́сса v sostojánii stréssa
العربيةمُرْهَق murhaq

adj having a stress or accent

Españolacentuado, tónico
日本語強勢のある kyōsei no aru
中文帶重音的 /带重音的 dài zhòngyīn de, 重讀的 /重读的 zhòngdú de
Portuguêstónico, tônico, acentuado
Françaisaccentué
Deutschbetont
Русскийуда́рный udárnyj, под ударе́нием pod udarénijem

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@misc{stressed_2026,
  title = {stressed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stressed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}