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Stressful Meaning

causing stress.

adjective 9 letters medium word
Dictionary definition

causing mental or emotional pressure.

Example sentences

Stressful in a sentence

easy

In class, we used stressful to describe what happened in the story.

medium

The worksheet asked students to explain stressful in an everyday example.

hard

During discussion, students compared how stressful changed the outcome of the situation.

Synonyms

Words like Stressful

related termSimilar meaning used in caution or problem contexts.
close wordA near meaning with small usage differences.
Antonyms

Opposite words

opposite conditionA useful contrast in meaning.
safer stateShows a more secure opposite situation.
Word family

Stressful word family

Base word

stressful

adjective

stressful

Base form.

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