Overview of verb stress

The verb stress has 3 senses

• stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet")


• stress, accent, accentuate -- (put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word")


• try, strain, stress -- (test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!")

Overview of adj stressed

The adj stressed has 2 senses

• stressed, distressed -- (suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing")


• stressed, accented -- (bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'")