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

stressed

adjective
 
/strest/
 
/strest/
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  1. (also informal stressed out)
     [not before noun] too anxious and tired to be able to relax
    • He was feeling very stressed and tired.
    Extra Examples
    • 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
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • over
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  2. (of a syllable) pronounced with emphasis opposite unstressedTopics Languagea2
  3. [only before noun] (specialist) that has had a lot of physical pressure put on it
    • stressed metal
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