stressed

Definitions


[strɛst], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension
(e.g: stressed workers reported smoking more)

- (of a syllable) pronounced with stress
(e.g: elision after a stressed syllable)

- strengthened by the application of stress during manufacture; prestressed
(e.g: stressed concrete walls)


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