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
- 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
- accent
- accentuation
- afflict
- affliction
- agony
- alarm
- albatross
- anxiety
- apprehensiveness
- beat
- belabor
- burden
- clutch
- crunch
- disquiet
- disquietude
- distend
- distention
- draw
- dread
- dwell on
- expectancy
- extension
- fear
- fearfulness
- feature
- ferment
- flutter
- force
- fret
- hardship
- harp on
- hassle
- headline
- heat
- impatience
- import
- importance
- intensity
- italicize
- lay emphasis on
- make emphatic
- misgiving
- mistrust
- nervous tension
- nervousness
- oppression
- overdo
- overextend
- overextension
- passion
- play up
- point up
- protraction
- pull
- put in traction
- put on trial
- repeat
- restlessness
- rub in
- significance
- spot
- spotlight
- spring
- strain
- stretch
- tautness
- tense
- tense up
- tenseness
- tension
- tensity
- tightness
- traction
- trauma
- traumatize
- trepidation
- trial
- underline
- underscore
- urgency
- weight
- worry
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