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stressed, ppl. a.|strɛst|
[f. stress v.1 + -ed1.]
†1. Distressed, afflicted. Also absol. Obs.
1559J. Aylmer Harborowe B 3 b, With a certain choise and judgement to giue passage and safetie to the stressed. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 37 Stird with pitty of the stressed plight Of this sad realme. c1590J. Stewart Poems (S.T.S.) II. 88 The stressit knycht all stupefact did stand. 1632Lithgow Trav. vii. 328 Stress'd Saylers.
2. Marked with a stress, emphasized.
1885Meredith Diana i, The stressed repetition of calculated brevity while a fiery scandal was abroad concerning the lady. 1913A. C. Clark Prose Rhythm in English 18 Rhythm in poetry depends upon the recurrence of longs and shorts, or stressed and unstressed syllables, in a regular order.
3. Engin. Subjected to mechanical stress; spec. = prestressed ppl. a.; stressed skin, an outer covering of an aircraft or other structure that bears a significant part of the stresses and contributes to the overall strength and stiffness; usu. attrib.
1930Flight 11 Apr. 411/2 Recently a monoplane of orthodox aerodynamic design was completed by the company, employing the stressed-skin type of wing construction. 1951Archit. Rev. CX. 342/1 The roof is of stressed-skin plywood construction formed by two skins of exterior ply panel grade on an internal timber framework. 1954[see diagrid]. 1966Daily Tel. 10 Aug. 18/2 American steel was being bought for the ‘highly stressed’ parts of future British-built nuclear submarines. 1968Punch 13 Nov. 688/3 British Railways ‘revolutionary gas-turbine advanced passenger train with stressed-skin, aircraft-type construction’. 1979Jrnl. Magnetism & Magn. Materials XI. 76 Uniaxially stressed semiconductors.
Add:4. a. Experiencing physiological, emotional, or psychological stress.
1973[see scouring ppl. a. 4]. 1974Fortune Jan. 103/2 Perhaps a collision on the road—stressed people are more accident-prone. 1980A. Clare Psychiatry in Dissent (ed. 2) ix. 417 The vast majority of emotionally stressed people do not see psychiatrists. 1984Weekend Australian 10 Nov. 39/3 Doctors..see it as a retreat for themselves and a rest place for stressed patients. 1989I. D. Yalom Love's Executioner viii. 206 It's best not to make irreversible decisions when you're highly stressed.
b. stressed out (orig. U.S.), debilitated or exhausted as a result of stress.
1983MacNeil/Lehrer Rep. (TV transcript, no. 1900) 7 Jan. 7 The place where people can bring their children when they were feeling very, very stressed out. 1987Chicago Tribune 17 Aug. v. 3/1 If you feel stressed-out, it will please you to know you have plenty of company. 1988Astrology & White House 63/2 You could be subject to illness this year if you allow yourself to become overworked or stressed out. 1990Daily Tel. 1 May 9/7 Half of Britain's personnel managers admit to having to push stressed-out employees into taking holidays. |