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Definition of stressed adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stressed

adjective

/strest/

/strest/

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(also informal stressed out)
[not before noun] too anxious and tired to be able to relax
- He was feeling very stressed and tired.
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- He's stressed out about money.
- She felt overly stressed and needed to calm down.
- She's just making herself more stressed.
- Stressed out? Take a break in the sun.
- stressed business executives
Topics Feelingsb1
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- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
- over
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(of a syllable) pronounced with emphasis opposite unstressedTopics Languagea2
[only before noun] (specialist) that has had a lot of physical pressure put on it
- stressed metal

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