Definition of stress

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Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..

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Emphasis :: Emphasis (n.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience..
Exigency :: Exigency (n.) The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency..
Afflictive :: Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant..
Ache :: Ache (v. i.) To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed..
Pain :: Pain (n.) Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.
Do–a :: Do–a (n.) Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels..
Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress.
Anguish :: Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.
Creep :: Creep (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects..
Heartrending :: Heartrending (a.) Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..
Distressful :: Distressful (a.) Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation..
Delilah :: Delilah (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress..
Cumber :: Cumber (v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.
Blackmail :: Blackmail (v. t.) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold..
Pain :: Pain (n.) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.
Thirsty :: Thirsty (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire..
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