Definition of stressful
: full of or tending to induce stress
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Examples of stressful in a Sentence
I had a stressful day at work today.
Recent Examples of stressful from the Web
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The July evaluation period can be a stressful time for rising high school seniors.
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The 4th of July can be a stressful time for your pets.
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In many cases, the trauma of being separated from their parents could be one in a long line of stressful experiences for a migrant child.
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Highly stressful experiences, including family separation, can cause irreparable harm to lifelong development by disrupting a child's brain architecture.
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Among the field’s most influential findings was the notion that people benefitted from severely stressful experiences.
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If the situation weren't stressful enough, the U.S. Postal Service claimed to have experienced delays in processing dozens of renewals sent by mail.
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More: United apologizes: Flier's dog died after put in overhead bin An already stressful experience took an unexpected turn when a Great Dane came out of the kennel instead of their 10-year-old German shepherd.
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After a month, some of the sedentary animals were exposed to three days of stressful experiences.
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First Known Use of stressful
1853
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Definition of stressful for English Language Learners
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: full of or causing stress : making you feel worried or anxious
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