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stressed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of stressed

suffering from high levels of physical and especially psychological stress
  • you seem really stressed right now, so maybe you should try to do something more relaxing
Synonyms of stressed

shell-shocked, stressed-out
Words Related to stressed

burned-out (or burnt-out), exhausted, knackered [British], tired, worn-out

undone, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung

edgy, nervous, tense, uneasy

agitated, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, upset

aggravated, angry, annoyed, exasperated, irritated
Phrases Synonymous with stressed

on the rack
Near Antonyms of stressed

laid-back, relaxed, rested

carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lighthearted, unconcerned

stressed

verb , past tense of stress

Synonyms and Antonyms of stressed

1 to experience concern or anxiety
  • the restaurant manager has a tendency to stress about every little thing that goes wrong
Synonyms of stressed

bothered, feared, fretted, fussed, stewed, sweat (or sweated), troubled, worried
Words Related to stressed

agonized

longed, pined, yearned

chafed

despaired
Phrases Synonymous with stressed

gave a hang (or cared a hang), sweat blood (or sweated blood)
Near Antonyms of stressed

accepted

abided (also abode), bore, endured, stomached, stuck out, sustained, tolerated, took
2 to make more apparent
  • his bad performance only stressed what I'd been saying all along
Synonyms of stressed

accentuated, brought out, emphasized, italicized, underlined, underscored
Words Related to stressed

amplified, beefed (up), boosted, reinforced (also reenforced), strengthened

augmented, deepened, enhanced, enlarged, heightened, magnified, maximized, supplemented

enlivened, jazzed (up)
Near Antonyms of stressed

decreased, diminished, lessened, minimized, reduced, subdued, toned (down), understated, weakened
Antonyms of stressed

de-emphasized
3 to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
  • the doctor stressed the importance of exercise
Synonyms of stressed

accented, accentuated, emphasized, featured, foregrounded, highlighted, illuminated, played up, pointed (up), pressed, punctuated
Words Related to stressed

focused (also focussed), identified, pinpointed, spotlighted (or spotlit)

advertised, boosted, plugged, promoted, publicized

overplayed
Phrases Synonymous with stressed

bore down on, made much of
Near Antonyms of stressed

toned (down), underemphasized, understated

belittled, discounted, disparaged, minimized
Antonyms of stressed

de-emphasized, played down

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