"stressed" in the verb sense
1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
2. stress, accent, accentuate
put stress on utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
3. try, strain, stress
test the limits of
"You are trying my patience!"
"stressed" in the adjective sense
1. stressed, distressed
suffering severe physical strain or distress
"he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
2. stressed, accented
bearing a stress or accent
"an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
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