Associations to the word «Stressed»

Wiktionary

STRESSED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of stress
STRESSED, adjective. Suffering stress (either physical or mental).
STRESSED, adjective. (phonetics) Having a stress or accent.
STRESSED OUT, adjective. Exhausted or debilitated because of stress

Dictionary definition

STRESSED, adjective. Suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing".
STRESSED, adjective. Bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.