Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Full of or tending to cause stress.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Distressing; wearing; subject to severe stress and strain of any kind.
Wiktionary
- adj. Irritating; causing stress.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having much stress.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. extremely irritating to the nerves
Etymologies
- From stress + -ful. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“Perhaps what we call stressful is to them everyday and ordinary.”
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“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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“Being able to fall back on a coursebook in stressful periods of many teaching hours, can be quite a solace to teachers.”
“I pull her picture up often now, finding inspiration for my own perspective and behavior in stressful situations.”
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“I live a relatively sedate, quiet life, and it gives me a chance to observe real people in stressful circumstances.”
“They are used to dealing with young people in stressful environments.”
“To cater to current clients — and lure new ones — Equinox is one of the gyms playing up "mind-body balance" in stressful times.”
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eye-ful(l)
eyeful, I-ful, i beamful, eifel
reckful, soulful, awful, aweful, presentful, nowful, mindful, zestful, apful, fruitful, tankful, thankful and 62 more...
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