Antonyms for stress

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : stres

Phonetic Transcription : strɛs

Definition of stress

Origin : c.1300, "hardship, adversity, force, pressure," in part a shortening of Middle French destresse (see distress), in part from Old French estrece "narrowness, oppression," from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus "compressed," past participle of stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). The purely psychological sense is attested from 1942.

noun emphasis
noun physical or mental pressure
verb accentuate, emphasize
verb put under physical or mental pressure

Example sentences :

The girl in the chair was shaking soundlessly under the stress of her emotions.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The girl's answer was uttered with nervous eagerness which revealed her own stress of fear.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

We were right, it seems, in putting some stress on that "perjured" when we first met it.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

All trace of stress and strain had left it, replaced by an enigmatic calm.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

But now, when the stress came, all this philanthropy fell away.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Nicholas Oldfield groaned, but in the stress of voices no one heard him.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

She rushed at top speed, vibrating under the stress of her engines.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

However, my dear Prince, I will lay no stress upon this point.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Others had pneumonia and were wasting beneath the stress of their frightful cough.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Dispersion of the armament against Algiers by stress of weather.
Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various

Synonyms for stress

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