stress

stress is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Distress. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Distress.
2. noun. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
6. transitive verb. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
7. transitive verb. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
8. noun. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

   "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

   Synonyms: accent, emphasis

9. noun. (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

   "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

10. noun. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

    "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"

    "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

    Synonyms: tenseness, tension

11. noun. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension- R.J.Samuelson

    "she endured the stresses and strains of life"

    "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"

    Synonyms: strain

12. noun. special emphasis attached to something

    "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

    Synonyms: focus

13. verb. put stress on; utter with an accent

    "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

    Synonyms: accent, accentuate

14. verb. to stress, single out as important

    "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

    Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate

15. verb. test the limits of

    "You are trying my patience!"

    Synonyms: strain, try

Synonyms

accent, emphasis, tenseness, tension, strain, focus, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, try

Common word forms

stressed, stresser, stresses, stressful, stressing, stressless

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