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Stressed

Definition: Stressed

Stressed

Adjective

1. Suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention".

2. Bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stressed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

 

Synonyms: Stressed

Synonyms: distressed (adj), in a bad way(p) (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: unstressed (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Stressed

English words defined with "stressed": alliteration, alliterative, assonance, assonantbacon, beginning rhyme, BushidoFrederick Jackson Turnerhead rhymeinitial rhymeJames Harvey Robinsonrhythm, Robinson, Roger Baconspeech rhythmTurnervowel rhyme. (references)
Specialty definitions using "stressed": aircraft flat palletBingham flowconventional bond length Ls, CUE SELECTORd'Huart reagentHuman Factorsinelastic deformation, irreversible deformation, isotensoid structureMohr Circlenecking down, neutral axispermanent deformation, permanent set, permanent set yielding, plastic deformation, Poisson's ratioresidual deformation, residual strain, rock failureset yielding, slip line, strain rosette, stress trajectoryTrypanosoma theileri. (references)

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Modern Usage: Stressed

DomainUsage

Clever

All stressed out, and no one to choke. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Stressed Eric (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Stressed

DomainTitle

Books

  • Elijah: Stressed & Anointed (Chariot Victor Bible Character Series) (reference)

  • Help Me - I'm Stressed!: Overcoming Emotional Battles With the Power of God's Word (Help Me, Series) (reference)

  • Too Blessed To Be Stressed Words Of Wisdom For Women On The Move (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Stressed

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Stressed

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Coral branches that fell in sand corridors bordering the reef are stressed when they become abraded by rolling in the sand. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Stressed
 

"Stressed" by Ariel C.
Commentary: "Stressed."
"One Blue Eye" by Brian Griesbaum
Commentary: "One Blue Eye, Man stressed from working on a computer all day long. Can you relate?."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Historic Usage: Stressed

AuthorDateQuotation

Miranda v. Arizona

1966

Illinois, stressed the need for protective devices to make the process of police interrogation conform to the dictates of the privilege. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Stressed

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Furthermore, the importance of long-term habilitation with cochlear implants must be stressed. (references)

Cold temperatures are more likely to provoke an attack when the individual is physically or emotionally stressed. (references)

Dr. Robinson again stressed, however, that while XXY males share many characteristics, they cannot be pigeonholed into rigid categories. (references)

Business

Commitment to after-sales service and timely replacement of parts should be stressed. (references)

The National Socialist (Nazi) Party, led by Adolf Hitler, stressed nationalist themes and promised to put the unemployed back to work. (references)

NTC sources further stressed that free channels are also allowed a maximum of 10 minutes, have one channel and have no subscription charges. (references)

Children

Vietnam

The Government continued a nationwide immunization campaign, and the government-controlled press regularly stressed the importance of health and education for all children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Nepal

In an August 16 speech, Prime Minister Deuba stressed that caste-based discrimination is illegal. (references)

Russia

On June 12, President Putin met with the leaders of several dozen selected NGO's working in various sectors and stressed that NGO's have an important role to play in society. (references)

Economic History

Korea

President Kim Dae-jung's administration has stressed the role of markets over the government. (references)

Russia

During Putin's tenure as president, the GOR has strongly stressed attracting foreign direct investment, particularly through structural reforms. (references)

South Africa

However, reduced infrastructure spending over the last several years due to budgetary constraints has particularly stressed South Africa's existing road network. (references)

Human Rights

China

Xiao stressed that the courts must not only fight corruption in society at large, but also corruption within the courts. (references)

Malaysia

Dzaiddin also repeatedly has stressed that a judge's loyalty must be to the law rather than to outside factors such as politics. (references)

Seychelles

In 1999 the Center for Rights and Development (CEFRAD) published a 5-year action plan that stressed respect for human rights, participation in a civil society, and sensible approaches to development. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

However, the presiding judge stressed that the ruling does not settle the question of compensation for "stolen" children as a whole. (references)

Minorities

Canada

The League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith in Canada reported that there were 280 incidents of anti-Semitism in 2000--a 5 percent increase from 1999. Harassment comprised 192 of the incidents, a decrease of 6 percent over 1999. However, the League stressed that many of those incidents were far more violent than in past years. (references)

Political Economy

Israel

It also stressed the need to refrain from unilateral actions or other steps that might change the status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip prior to a final status agreement in accordance with the Interim Agreement. (references)

Political Rights

Pakistan

The Musharraf Government pledged to return the country to a democracy; however, President Musharraf stressed his priority first to build a strong economic and political foundation in order to avert another bout of "sham" democracy. (references)

Women

Mauritania

For example, a 1996 officially produced Guide to the Rights of Women in Mauritania (with religious endorsement) stressed that Islam does not require FGM and that, if medical experts warn against it for medical reasons, it should not be done. (references)

Korea

As examples of gender-discriminatory remarks, the Ministry cited statements that emphasized women's traditional roles in families, stressed men's leadership in society, and encouraged female students to work for good marriages instead of embarking on a career after graduation. (references)

Worker Rights

Zimbabwe

Government officials stressed that the Government reserves the right to reimpose these bans at its discretion. (references)

India

Central unions have stressed their independence and in some cases are attempting to sever previously tight party control. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Stressed

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Louise Ashby

Well, it really depends if I'm stressed out or if I'm feeling calm or what the weather's like. It just depends.

Robert Novak

Mr. Chairman, the president, on his trip to China, stressed the importance of the relationship between the two governments and took the positive rather than the negative.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Stressed

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981The plan stressed the importance of both energy production and conservation to achieving our ultimate national goal of relying primarily on secure sources of energy.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Chairman Brezhnev repeatedly has stressed that the competition of ideas and systems must continue and that this is entirely consistent with relaxation of tensions and peace.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Stressed

"Stressed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 58.51% of the time. "Stressed" is used about 2,155 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)58.51%1,2616,221
Lexical Verb (past participle)34.35%7409,178
Adjective (general or positive)6.95%15025,701
Noun (proper)0.19%4175,879
                    Total100.00%2,155N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Stressed

Expressions using "stressed": be stressed stressed skin. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "stressed": stressed-out, stressed-skin.

Ending with "stressed": over-stressed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stressed

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

stressed out

114

stressed out moms

3

prayer stressed

14

poem stressed

3

stressed eric

13

too blessed to be stressed

3

people picture stressed

12

photo stressed

2

cat stressed

7

stressed syllable

2

picture stressed

6

business stressed

2

stressed woman

5

bridge concrete pdf pre stressed

2

stressed teen

4

financially stressed

2

art clip stressed

4

hebrew stressed timed

2

stressed teenager

3

panel skin stressed

2

face stressed

3

image stressed

2

cartoon stressed

3

cat picture stressed

2

stressed people

3

stressed work

2

clipart stressed

3

brian fat mosley stressed

2

compa stressed worker

3

lyrics stressed

2

stressed skin

3

stressed person

2

officeworker stressed

3

pet stressed

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stressed

Language Translations for "stressed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مرهق (arduous, burdened, dog tired, exacting, exhausted, exhausting, fatigued, fatiguing, grueling, laborious, onerous, operose, oppressed, oppressive, overtaxed, overtired, overworked, run down, strained, strenuous, tired, tiring, toil-worn, trying, wearing, wearisome, weary, worn, worn out). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

注重. (various references)

   

Danish

  

siliciumstaal anvendes fortrinsvis som koldvalset baandstaal til de hoejest belastede fjedre og fjederdele (the silicon steel is widely used as cold rolled strip for highly stressed springs and spring components). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

siliciumstaal wordt algemeen gebruikt als koudgewalste band voor hoogbelaste trekveren en onderdelen voor veren (the silicon steel is widely used as cold rolled strip for highly stressed springs and spring components), de vertegenwoordigers van de deelnemende Staten hebben de nadruk gelegd op het belang dat zij hechten aan het proces van ontspanning, dat is voortgezet sedert de aanneming van de Slotakte, ondanks moeilijkheden en belemmeringen die zich hebben voorgedan (the representatives of the participating States stressed the importance they attach to détente, which has continued since the adoption of the Final Act in spite of difficulties and obstacles encountered). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

painollinen. (various references)

   

French

  

chargé. (various references)

   

German

  

betonten, betonte (accentuated). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αγχωμένος (fraught). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להטעם (be emphasised, be stressed). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kiemelt (accentuated, advantaged). (various references)

   

Italian

  

teso (aimed, drawn, strained, stretched, taut, tense, tight, tighten, wound-up), accentato (accented, emphasizes). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

強調 (emphasis, stress, stressed point). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きょうちょう (conciliation, co-operation, emphasis, evil omen, firmtone, harmony, stress, stressed point). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

압박하는. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

essedstray.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

accentuat (accented, accentuated, emphasized, emphatic, pronounced, underlined). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

los representantes de los Estados participantes pusieron de relieve la importancia que atribuyen a la distensión, que ha continuado desde la aprobación del Acta Final pese a las dificultades y obstáculos encontrados (the representatives of the participating States stressed the importance they attach to détente, which has continued since the adoption of the Final Act in spite of difficulties and obstacles encountered), el acero al silicio se emplea sobre todo como fleje laminado en frío para muelles de tracción y componentes elásticos sometidos a fuertes solicitaciones (the silicon steel is widely used as cold rolled strip for highly stressed springs and spring components). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gerilmek (be stressed, be stretched, be tightened, distend, strain, tauten, tense). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Stressed

Derivations

Words ending with "stressed": distressed, overstressed, prestressed, restressed, unstressed. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Stressed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ostresov, stresse, stresser, Strozzi, tressed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Stressed"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "stressed" (pronounced stre"st)
6s t r e" s tdistressed.
4-r e" s tabreast, addressed, breast, compressed, crest, impressed, depressed, digressed, dressed, expressed, oppressed, pressed, Prest, progressed, repressed, rest, suppressed, transgressed, unaddressed, undressed, unimpressed, unrest, wrest.
3-e" s tarrest, acquiesced, assessed, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, Celeste, chest, coalesced, confessed, congest, detest, digest, dispossessed, divest, fessed, finessed, gest, guessed, guest, infest, ingest, invest, jest, lest, messed, molest, nest, northwest, obsessed, pest, possessed, professed, quest, rearrest, reassessed, recessed, reinvest, repossessed, request, retest, southwest, suggest, test, vest, West, zest.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Stressed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: desserts.

Words within the letters "d-e-e-r-s-s-s-t"

-1 letter: deserts, dessert, dresses, tressed, tresses.

-2 letters: desert, deters, esters, reests, resets, rested, seders, serest, steeds, steers, steres, stress.

-3 letters: deers, deets, deter, drees, dress, drest, erses, esses, ester, redes, reeds, reest, reset, rests, seder, seeds, seers, sered, seres, steed, steer, stere, terse, treed, trees, tress.

-4 letters: deer, dees, deet, dere, dree, erst, eses, rede.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-r-s-s-s-t"
 

+1 letter: dosserets, dressiest.

 

+2 letters: diestruses, dissenters, distressed, distresses, editresses, outdresses, restressed, seductress, speedsters, stewardess, tendresses, trespassed, unstressed.

 

+3 letters: coatdresses, depressants, dirtinesses, disrespects, dissertates, pantdresses, prestressed, semideserts, sidestrokes, streamsides, tardinesses, testcrossed, tirednesses.

 

+4 letters: adroitnesses, adulteresses, dessertspoon, directnesses, directresses, discreetness, discreteness, disinterests, draftinesses, headmistress, nightdresses, outsiderness, overstressed, rootednesses, rotundnesses, seductresses, shirtdresses, sidesteppers, spiritedness, spreadsheets, stereopsides, stewardesses, strandedness, sturdinesses, sweaterdress, tawdrinesses, tendernesses, torridnesses, transgressed, trendinesses, turbidnesses, turgidnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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