Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of or tending to cause stress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Distressing; wearing; subject to severe stress and strain of any kind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having much stress.
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- adjective Irritating; causing
stress .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely irritating to the nerves
Etymologies
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Examples
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After spending what he described as a stressful weekend with his sick 3-year-old daughter, Santorum resumed his campaign at a suburban St. Louis community college -- assuring people that his daughter was improving and forecasting a political revival in swing states such as Missouri.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Elyse Siegel 2012
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Perhaps what we call stressful is to them everyday and ordinary.
jdc325's Weblog 2008
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I pull her picture up often now, finding inspiration for my own perspective and behavior in stressful situations.
Nancy F. Koehn: The Mental Game of Breast Cancer: Part Two Nancy F. Koehn 2010
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Tree growth in stressful environments such as rocky soil, along cliff faces or at the top of mountains is very sensitive to environmental factors and displays excellent variations in ring-to-ring growth -- known as variation sensitivity.
Dr. Reese Halter: Saving the Ancient Pines by Reducing our Global Footprints Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Tree growth in stressful environments such as rocky soil, along cliff faces or at the top of mountains is very sensitive to environmental factors and displays excellent variations in ring-to-ring growth -- known as variation sensitivity.
Dr. Reese Halter: Saving the Ancient Pines by Reducing our Global Footprints Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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I pull her picture up often now, finding inspiration for my own perspective and behavior in stressful situations.
Nancy F. Koehn: The Mental Game of Breast Cancer: Part Two Nancy F. Koehn 2010
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Easy to learn and especially effective in stressful situations, I Love You Rituals gives parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers inspiring tools to help children thrive.
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Tree growth in stressful environments such as rocky soil, along cliff faces or at the top of mountains is very sensitive to environmental factors and displays excellent variations in ring-to-ring growth -- known as variation sensitivity.
Dr. Reese Halter: Saving the Ancient Pines by Reducing our Global Footprints Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Then, in stressful situations, the facade might slip a bit … Also!
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009
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Being able to fall back on a coursebook in stressful periods of many teaching hours, can be quite a solace to teachers.
C is for Coursebook (by Lindsay Clandfield) « An A-Z of ELT 2010
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