Words Like STRESS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to STRESS.
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2 examples of stress
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he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger
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stress is a vasoconstrictor
10 definitions of stress
2
Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
3
The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
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Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 31-35.
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Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
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To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
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To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
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To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.
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To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.
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to stress, single out as important