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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope