from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Full of or tending to cause stress.
from The Century Dictionary.
Distressing; wearing; subject to severe stress and strain of any kind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective Having much stress.
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adjective Irritating; causing stress.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective extremely irritating to the nerves
Etymologies
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From stress + -ful.
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After spending what he described as a stressful weekend with his sick 3-year-old daughter, Santorum resumed his campaign at a suburban St. Louis community college -- assuring people that his daughter was improving and forecasting a political revival in swing states such as Missouri.
Tree growth in stressful environments such as rocky soil, along cliff faces or at the top of mountains is very sensitive to environmental factors and displays excellent variations in ring-to-ring growth -- known as variation sensitivity.
Tree growth in stressful environments such as rocky soil, along cliff faces or at the top of mountains is very sensitive to environmental factors and displays excellent variations in ring-to-ring growth -- known as variation sensitivity.
Easy to learn and especially effective in stressful situations, I Love You Rituals gives parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers inspiring tools to help children thrive.
Tree growth in stressful environments such as rocky soil, along cliff faces or at the top of mountains is very sensitive to environmental factors and displays excellent variations in ring-to-ring growth -- known as variation sensitivity.
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