| English adjective: stressed | |||
| 1. | stressed suffering severe physical strain or distress | ||
| Samples | He dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing. | ||
| Synonyms | distressed | ||
| Similar | troubled | ||
| Antonyms | untroubled | ||
| 2. | stressed bearing a stress or accent | ||
| Samples | An iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'. | ||
| Synonyms | accented | ||
| Similar | emphasised, emphasized, emphatic, masculine | ||
| Antonyms | unstressed | ||