stress

stress
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. pressure, strain, compulsion; emphasis, urgency, importance; accent. See necessity.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Importance]
Syn. significance, weight, import; see importance 1 .
2. [Pressure]
Syn. strain, tension, force, stretch, tautness, traction, pull, tensity, distention, eulogation, draw, extension, protraction, intensity, tightness, spring; see also pressure 1 .
3. [Mental tension]
Syn. tension, strain, pressure, burden, hardship, overexertion, agony, trial, affliction, anxiety, nervousness, fearfulness, apprehensiveness, apprehension, impatience, fear, ferment, disquiet, disquietude, tenseness, passion, intensity, fluster, expectancy, restlessness, trepidation, misgiving, mistrust, alarm, dread, flutter, trembling, pinch, urgency, jitters*, heeby-jeebies*.
Ant. peace*, calm, quiet.
v.
Syn. accent, make emphatic, accentuate; see emphasize .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. strain tension, pressure, anxiety, nervousness, disquiet, fear, worry, dread, burden, intensity. ''Nature's fight or flight mechanism overburdened by modern society's prohibition against fighting and fleeing.''—Harmon Maxwell.
2. emphasis accent, force, importance, weight.
ANT.: 1. relaxation, peace, tranquility
II
v.
emphasize, accent, underscore, underline, accentuate, highlight, *spotlight, play up.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Special weight placed upon something considered important: accent, accentuation, emphasis. See IMPORTANT. 2. The act, condition, or effect of exerting force on someone or something: pressure, strain1, tension. See PUSH. II verb To accord emphasis to: accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, underline, underscore. See IMPORTANT.

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