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STRESSFUL Synonyms

There are 18 synonyms of the word stressful. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word stressful. (close relations)

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agitated
adjectiveadj
adjective

• troubled emotionally and usually deeply

• physically disturbed or set in motion

anxious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• eagerly desirous

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

burdened
adjectiveadj
adjective

• bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities

adjective satellite

• bearing a physically heavy weight or load

harried
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

nervous
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to the nervous system

adjective satellite

• easily agitated

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• excited in anticipation

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

strained
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking natural ease

• showing signs of mental and emotional tension

• lacking spontaneity; not natural

• struggling for effect

tense
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• taut or rigid; stretched tight

noun

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

verb

• become stretched or tense or taut

• increase the tension on

• become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

tormented
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

• tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

troubled
adjectiveadj
adjective

• characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need

adjective satellite

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

uptight
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• being in a tense state

worried
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

frazzled
adjectiveadj
noun

• a state of extreme exhaustion

verb

• wear away by rubbing

• exhaust physically or emotionally

hassled
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• an angry disturbance

• disorderly fighting

verb

• annoy continually or chronically

overwhelmed
adjectiveadj
verb

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

pressured
adjectiveadj
noun

• the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

• a force that compels

• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

• the state of demanding notice or attention

• the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin

• an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

• the pressure exerted by the atmosphere

verb

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• exert pressure on someone through threats

nerve-racking
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• extremely irritating to the nerves

nerve-wracking
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• extremely irritating to the nerves

trying
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• hard to endure

• extremely irritating to the nerves

Alternatives for AGITATED

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