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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King