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stress·ful

 (strĕs′fəl)
adj.
Full of or tending to cause stress.
stress′ful·ly adv.
stress′ful·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.stressful - extremely irritating to the nervesstressful - extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"
nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, trying
disagreeable - not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"
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stressful

adjective worrying, anxious, tense, trying, hard, taxing, demanding, wearing, tough, draining, exhausting, exacting, traumatic, agitating, nerve-racking I think I've got one of the most stressful jobs there is.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
stresový
stressende
stressaava
stresan
ストレスの多い
스트레스를 주는
stressig
ตึงเครียด
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stressful

[ˈstresfʊl] ADJ [job] → estresante, que produce tensión nerviosa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stressful

[ˈstrɛsfəl] adj [job, situation, experience, meeting] → stressant(e)stress mark n (showing intonation) → accent m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stressful

adj → anstrengend, stressig; a stressful situation → eine angespannte Lage
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stressful

[ˈstrɛsfʊl] adj (job) → difficile, stressante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stressful

→ estresante
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

stressful

adj estresante
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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