stressful
/ˈstrɛsfʊl
/ /ˈstrɛsf(ə)l/adjective
Causing mental or emotional stress: corporate finance work can be stressful...
- Just getting in and out of my chair is an incredibly hard and stressful task.
- Instead, we are all working harder and in more stressful circumstances than ever.
- I know this has been a very difficult and stressful time for the family and for staff involved.
Synonyms
demanding, trying, exacting, taxing, difficult, hard, tough;
fraught, traumatic, pressured, tense, frustrating;
worrying, nerve-racking, anxious, anxiety-ridden;
wearing, tiring, exhausting, draining
Derivatives
stressfully
- He ran a hand stressfully through his dark blonde hair and then said in a calmer but quivering voice, ‘All right, look.’
- Alexis ran her fingers through her hair stressfully, ‘Tony, come on, let's just get out of here.’
- Call centers are, by definition, stressfully noisy and glary.
stressfulness
- It has looked into the best and worst American cities for sleeping in, being physically fit in, stressfulness and crime rates.
- More specifically, gender differences in utilization of family support and utilization of emotional support disappeared when controlling for the perceived stressfulness of the scenarios.
- Is the stressfulness of a learning environment something that should be taken into consideration when teaching, designing, or evaluating a school?
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