Stress

/stɹɛs/

The meaning and definition of Stress, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
    “Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.”
  2. The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
    “Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.”
verb
  1. To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
    ““Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.”
  2. To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
    “I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.”
Synonyms emphasis accent emphasise emphasize underline
Antonyms eustress

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