adj
Meaning 1
Irritating; causing stress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stressful
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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strĕs'fəl
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/ˈstɹɛsfəl/
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CMU ARPABET: S T R EH1 S F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Mentally taxing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
extremely irritating to the nerves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- nerve-racking noise
- the stressful days before a war
- a trying day at the office
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, trying
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From stress + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: stresvol — irritating; causing stress
- Afrikaans: spanningsvol — irritating; causing stress
- Armenian: սթրեսային (stʻresayin) — irritating; causing stress
- Catalan: estressant — irritating; causing stress
- Dutch: stressvol — irritating; causing stress
- Finnish: stressaava — irritating; causing stress
- French: stressant — irritating; causing stress
- German: stressig — irritating; causing stress
- Hungarian: stresszes — irritating; causing stress
- Icelandic: stressandi — irritating; causing stress
- Irish: strusmhar — irritating; causing stress
- Italian: stressante — irritating; causing stress
- Italian: logorante — irritating; causing stress
- Norwegian Bokmål: stressende — irritating; causing stress
- Polish: stresujący — irritating; causing stress
- Portuguese: estressante — irritating; causing stress
- Portuguese: stressante — irritating; causing stress
- Russian: напряжённый (naprjažónnyj) — irritating; causing stress
- Russian: стре́ссовый (strɛ́ssovyj) — irritating; causing stress
- Spanish: irritante — irritating; causing stress
- Spanish: estresoso — irritating; causing stress
- Spanish: estresante — irritating; causing stress