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Synonyms for stress
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Princeton's WordNet
stress, emphasis, accent(noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
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tenseness, speech pattern, vehemence, emphasis, dialect, accent mark, accent, tension, strain, focus, idiomtension, tenseness, stress(noun)
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
"he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
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accent, strain, latent hostility, focus, tensity, tautness, tension, tenseness, emphasisstress, focus(noun)
special emphasis attached to something
"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
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tenseness, focal point, focusing, emphasis, centering, accent, direction, nidus, tension, strain, focus, focussingstress, strain(noun)
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
"she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
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tune, melody, focus, pains, straining, strain, melodic line, tenseness, form, breed, tenor, tension, emphasis, var., air, variant, nisus, line, accent, stock, striving, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, songstress(verb)
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
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accent, tenseness, strain, emphasis, tension, focusstress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate(verb)
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
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emphasise, mark, punctuate, try, accent, underscore, strain, accentuate, underline, emphasizestress, accent, accentuate(verb)
put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
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emphasise, punctuate, try, accent, strain, accentuate, emphasizetry, strain, stress(verb)
test the limits of
"You are trying my patience!"
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punctuate, strive, tense up, deform, try, sample, essay, filter out, test, try out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, examine, extend, seek, try on, filter, accentuate, separate out, strain, adjudicate, render, prove, emphasise, distort, judge, taste, filtrate, attempt, accent, tense, hear, assay, emphasize
Wiktionary
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
stress
Synonyms:
force, strain, weight, importance, pressure, urgency, emphasisAntonyms:
alleviation, stillness, lightness, unimportance, casualty, touch, triviality
Editors Contribution
train, pressure, tension, nervous tension, worry, anxiety, nervousness; trouble, difficulty, distres
a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
"he's obviously under a lot of stress"
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
stress(n.)
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Synonyms:
importance, significance, weightstress(n.)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
stress(n)
Synonyms:
urgency, pressure, emphasis, accent, severity, inclemency, significance, importance
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "stress":
emphasise, underline, highlight, emphasize, underscore, stresses, stressful, constraint, pressure, stressors, tension, resistance, emphasis, insist, voltage, constraints, stressed, emphasized, emphasising, coercion, stressor, stress-related, strain, duress, coercive
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Stress":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
STRESS
Synonyms:
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How to use stress in a sentence?
I was threatened not to tell anyone. If I told anyone he would come after me and I would be in trouble, i said nothing to anyone. I developed an eating disorder, I developed post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorder, major anxiety and depression.
If you and I are having an argument, if I’m undergoing stress or you’re undergoing stress in your own life and I’m your partner, I still want to look at myself and say how is this affecting me? What can I do to help her? What can I do for our relationship?
The cause of depression and stress are negative thoughts, be positive, never infect your mind with negative thoughts.
All the ways we can get in touch with people these days, puts stress on people about how to balance it all, it's exhausting to navigate.
La pensée positive permet souvent tout en faisant face au stress dans la vie. Cependant il peut y avoir des cas où il ne peut pas travailler pour vous, et vous pouvez laisser submerger avec des pensées négatives. à ce carrefour, vous devriez faire un tour, même un demi-tour si nécessaire, et affrontez vos pensées négatives sans crainte. Vous devriez maintenant combattre ceux négative pensées, un par un, sans pitié - en utilisant des raisonnements scientifiques et analytiques, et exigeant des éléments de preuve étayant les pensées négatives. une fois que vous commencez à vaincre ces pensées négatives comme irrationnel ou non fondées ou infondées, vous vous surprendrez à se rapprocher du domaine de la positivité. La lutte contre la négativité impitoyablement - ce est un nouvel outil Dans votre boîte à outils avec votre marteau préférée de la pensée positive! Au Revoir!
Translations for stress
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- إجهادArabic
- баҫымBashkir
- tensió, estressar, èmfasi, estrès, accentCatalan, Valencian
- zdůraznitCzech
- stresse, stressDanish
- betonen, Stress, Betonung, Spannung, beanspruchen, stressenGerman
- δύναμη, τονίζω, τονισμός, έμφασηGreek
- stresoEsperanto
- tensionar, estrés, enfatizar, tensar, estresar, énfasis, tensión, acento, acentuarSpanish
- rõhutamaEstonian
- فشار, دلهرهPersian
- rasitus, painotus, kuormitus, painottaa, jännittää, stressata, stressi, jännitysFinnish
- stresser, tension, stress, emphaser, soulignerFrench
- béim ghutha, aiceannIrish
- cudromScottish Gaelic
- מצוקהHebrew
- तनावHindi
- nyomaték, hangsúly, erő, nyomásHungarian
- acentizarIdo
- stress, áhersla, streitaIcelandic
- accento, pressione, enfasi, tensione, stressItalian
- ストレス, 力説, 応力, 重きJapanese
- ಒತ್ತಡKannada
- 강세를 넣다, 강조하다, 변형력을 주다, 스트레스, 강세, 강조, 변형력, 압박, 압박을 주다Korean
- spanning, zenuwenDutch
- emfaza, akcentować, nacisk, naprężenie, stresPolish
- tensão, estressePortuguese
- stres, încordare, tensiuneRomanian
- нажи́м, акце́нт, уси́лие, ударе́ние, напряже́ние, стресс, давле́ниеRussian
- spänning, betoningSwedish
- மன அழுத்தம்Tamil
- ఒత్తిడిTelugu
- ความเครียดThai
- stres, sıkıntı, vurgulamak, altını çizmek, vurgu, tonlamaTurkish
- nhấn mạnhVietnamese
- 應力Chinese
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