stressed (out)adjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌstrest ˈaʊt/us/ˌstrest ˈaʊt/B1 worried and nervous:
She's been feeling very stressed since she started her new job.
I was really stressed out before finals.
More examples
- I've got too much to do and I'm completely stressed out.
- He's been very stressed at work recently.
- Everyone gets stressed from time to time.
- She seemed a bit stressed and I wondered if she was coping.
- I'd been working flat out and was stressed out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
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