Definitions for stressed
Overview of verb stress
The verb stress has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (29) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
(to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet")
2. (4) stress, accent, accentuate
(put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word")
3. try, strain, stress
(test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!")
Overview of adj stressed
The adj stressed has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) stressed, distressed
(suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing")
2. stressed, accented
(bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'")
