Stressful

/ˈstrɛsfəl/ adjective

Definition

Causing mental or emotional tension and anxiety; involving or characterized by stress.

Etymology

From 'stress' plus suffix '-ful'. 'Stress' comes from Old French 'estresse' meaning narrowness or oppression, from Latin 'strictus' (drawn tight). The psychological meaning developed in the 20th century from the physical engineering concept of material stress.

Kelly Says

The concept of psychological stress is surprisingly modern - it was largely developed by Hans Selye in the 1930s who borrowed the term from physics. Before then, what we call stress was described as nervousness, anxiety, or simply the burdens of life.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ተንኮል
tɛnkoɫ
ARالعربية
مُضغِط
muḍḡiṭ
BNবাংলা
চাপপূর্ণ
t͡ʃapːupuɾɳ
CACatalà
estressant
əstresˈan
CSČeština
stresující
strɛsujiːt͡ɕi
DADansk
stressende
ˈstʁæsənə
DEDeutsch
stressig
ˈstʁɛsɪç
ELΕλληνικά
στρεσάρος
stresˈaros
ESEspañol
estresante
eˈstɾesante
FAفارسی
استرس
estres
FISuomi
stressaava
stressɑːvɑ
FRFrançais
stressant
stʁɛsɑ̃
GUGU
તણાવપૂર્ણ
təɳaːvpʊrɳ
HAHA
cikin tsoro
t͡ʃikin t͡sɔːɾo
HEעברית
מלחיץ
malḥiṣ
HIहिन्दी
तनावपूर्ण
tanāvpūrṇ
HUMagyar
stresszes
stresːɛs
IDBahasa Indonesia
penuh tekanan
pənuh təˈkanan
IGIG
na-akpata mmụọ
naː akpaːta mmʊ͡ɔ
ITItaliano
stressante
stresˈsante
JA日本語
ストレス
sutoresu
KKKK
стレス
stres
KMKM
មានកម្លាំង
miən kɑmlaŋ
KO한국어
스트레스
seuteureseu
MRMR
तणावपूर्ण
təɳaːvpʊrɳ
MSBahasa Melayu
tekanan
təˈkanan
MYမြန်မာ
ဖိအား
pʰì ʔá
NLNederlands
stressvol
ˈstrɛs.vɔl
NONorsk
stressende
stresənə
PAPA
ਤਣਾਅਪੂਰਨ
təɳaːpʊrɳ
PLPolski
stresujący
stʂɛˈsujɨt͡ɕi
PTPortuguês
estressante
eʃtɾeˈsɐ̃tʃi
RORomână
stresant
stresant
RUРусский
стрессовый
strɛsɔvɨj
SVSvenska
stressig
stresːɪɡ
SWKiswahili
na msongo
na mˈsoŋɡo
TAதமிழ்
அழுத்தமான
aɻuttamɑːna
TEతెలుగు
ఒత్తిడి
ot̪iḍi
THไทย
เครียด
kʰrɪ̀at
TLTL
nakakapagod
nakakaˈpaɡod
TRTürkçe
stresli
stɾeˈsli
UKУкраїнська
стресовий
strɛsɔvɨj
URاردو
دباؤ
dabāʾu
VITiếng Việt
đầy căng thẳng
ʒɔɪ˧˧ kɑŋ˧˧ tʰɔ̌ŋ
YOYO
ti o ni ibanuje
ti o ni iːbɑnudʒɛ
ZH中文
紧张
jǐn zhāng
ZUZU
enakho
ɛnaˈkʰo

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