stressor
[ stres-er, -awr ]
/ ˈstrɛs ər, -ɔr /
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noun
an activity, event, or other stimulus that causes stress.
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How to use stressor in a sentence
There was a lot of stressors going on, because it was our last day in that location.
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British Dictionary definitions for stressor
stressor
/ (ˈstrɛsə) /
noun
an event, experience, etc, that causes stress
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