Synonyms for stressful
stress·ful

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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"

   Synonyms:
   nerve-racking, trying, nerve-wracking

   Antonyms:
   agreeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "stressful":

   stress, nerve-wracking, stress-related, distressing

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1. Kristie Poole:

   It is likely that the experience of … shyness in response to a speech task is a relatively common, normative experience for children at this age, for a smaller group of temperamentally shy children, however, being the center of attention may be stressful across time and various contexts.

2. 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.

3. Kallela Martin:

   The Biden administration's stressful. You feel like there's nothing you can do.

4. Jason Baker:

   Coating dogs with chemical dyes is stressful and can even cause allergic reactions on their skin, nose, and eyes, pETA urges travelers to stay away from any business that exploits animals for a money-grabbing gimmick.

5. Morag Henderson:

   Young adults are facing more stressful conditions than older generations, such as an increasingly competitive labor market, rising costs of housing, an increase in higher education costs, and issues of self-identity and confidence driven by more widespread use of social media.