STRESSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stressed mean? 

• STRESSED (adjective)
  The adjective STRESSED has 2 senses:

1. suffering severe physical strain or distress

2. bearing a stress or accent

  Familiarity information: STRESSED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRESSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffering severe physical strain or distress

Synonyms:

distressed; stressed

Context example:

he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing

Similar:

troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bearing a stress or accent

Synonyms:

accented; stressed

Context example:

an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in 'delay'

Similar:

emphasised; emphasized; emphatic (spoken with emphasis)

masculine ((music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable)

Antonym:

unstressed (not bearing a stress or accent)

 Context examples 

This can lead to pain if the back is stressed.

(Herniated Disk, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

More than one in 10 people in the world lack basic drinking water access, and by 2025, half of the world's population will be living in water-stressed areas.

(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Doctors have long known, and largely accepted as fact, that people who are more stressed tend to have more heart attacks and strokes.

(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)

A question about the frequency an individual feels or felt nervous and stressed during the last month.

(How Often Felt Nervous and Stressed in the Last Month, NCI Thesaurus)

The biologic significance of IL6 lies in the fact that it is induced under conditions in which IFN-beta 1 is not induced, as in metabolically stressed cells.

(Interleukin-6, NCI Thesaurus)

You may have experienced sleepless nights when you were anxious, stressed or too excited.

(The Secret Connection between Anxiety, Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These rings are highly stressed and more reactive than a typical acyclic ether.

(Epoxide Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

You might get indigestion from eating too much or too fast, eating high-fat foods, or eating when you're stressed.

(Indigestion, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The prompts included questions about where the participant was, if they were moving, and if they were stressed or anxious, as well as questions designed to assess mindfulness.

(Mindful Movement May Help Lower Stress, Anxiety, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers also stressed that the findings suggest you don't have to go all-out during exercise in order to experience anti-inflammatory effects.

(Just 20 Minutes of Walking May Reduce Inflammation in Your Body, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)