stressful

[ stres-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.

Origin of stressful

1
First recorded in 1850–55; stress + -ful

Other words from stressful

  • stress·ful·ly, adverb
  • un·stress·ful, adjective

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