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Stressful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Full of or tending to cause stress.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Irritating; causing stress.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having much stress.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Distressing; wearing; subject to severe stress and strain of any kind.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. extremely irritating to the nerves

Word Usage

"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."

Equivalent

disagreeable

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

successful unsuccessful

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

frustrate time-consuming risky Embarrass adverse