stressed
adjective /strest/
/strest/
- (also informal stressed out)[not before noun] too anxious and tired to be able to relax
- He was feeling very stressed and tired.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb1- He's stressed out about money.
- She felt overly stressed and needed to calm down.
- She's just making herself more stressed.
- Stressed out? Take a break in the sun.
- stressed business executives
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- over
- (of a syllable) pronounced with emphasis opposite unstressedTopics Languagea2
- [only before noun] (specialist) that has had a lot of physical pressure put on it
- stressed metal