stressful
Americanadjective
Usage
What does stressful mean? Stressful means full of stress or causing stress. It’s typically used to describe situations or experiences, such as stressful meetings, stressful trips, or a stressful day.In stressful, the word stress means mental or emotional strain or tension—that all-too-familiar feeling of anxiety, worry, and pressure. Things that are stressful cause people to feel stressed.Example: Trying to study for my math test while also babysitting my three little brothers was incredibly stressful.
Other Word Forms
- stressfully adverb
- unstressful adjective
Etymology
Origin of stressful
Example Sentences
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This newly identified process helps explain how plants control oxygen levels within their tissues and could improve scientists' understanding of plant metabolism and how plants adjust to stressful conditions.
From Science Daily
It’s an incredibly stressful job that requires many, many hours of grading papers and planning lessons outside of the classroom.
From MarketWatch
They could have arrived in California in time to play, but - short on sleep and practice at the end of a stressful week - decided their priorities lay elsewhere.
From BBC
Millions of Tehran residents spent another stressful night on Thursday-Friday as huge explosions shook the city and lit up the sky, making it impossible for many to sleep, AFP correspondents said.
From Barron's
She has since returned to her home county and reflected on a "really stressful couple of days".
From BBC
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