stressful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɹɛsfəl/
- strĕs'fəl
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From stress + -ful.
Meanings
-
Irritating; causing stress.
I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.
1970, Richard Nelson Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute?:Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNN:
- (of a task) Mentally taxing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most stressful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more stressful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overstressful · stressfulness · unstressful · nonstressful · stressfully
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (21)
it stressante (irritating; causing stress) · it logorante (irritating; causing stress) · fi stressaava (irritating; causing stress) · es estresante (irritating; causing stress) · pt estressante (irritating; causing stress) · de stressig (irritating; causing stress) · pt stressante (irritating; causing stress) · nb stressende (irritating; causing stress) · ga strusmhar (irritating; causing stress) · ru стре́ссовый (irritating; causing stress) · fr stressant (irritating; causing stress) · hy սթրեսային (irritating; causing stress) · hu stresszes (irritating; causing stress) · af stresvol (irritating; causing stress) · ru напряжённый (irritating; causing stress) · af spanningsvol (irritating; causing stress) · ca estressant (irritating; causing stress) · es estresoso (irritating; causing stress) · nl stressvol (irritating; causing stress) · is stressandi (irritating; causing stress) · pl stresujący (irritating; causing stress)