Stress (G9-10)

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  1. accent
    stress; single out as important
  2. accentuate
    stress or single out as important
  3. accentuation
    the act of giving special importance or significance to something
  4. agitation
    a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
  5. anxiety
    a vague unpleasant emotion in anticipation of a misfortune
  6. anxiousness
    a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
  7. burden
    a serious or difficult concern
  8. difficulty
    an effort that is inconvenient
  9. distress
    psychological suffering
  10. emphasis
    special and significant stress by position or repetition
  11. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  12. ferment
    a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
  13. focus
    special emphasis attached to something
  14. force
    influence that results in motion, stress, etc. when applied
  15. frazzle
    exhaust physically or emotionally
  16. grief
    something that causes great unhappiness
  17. harass
    annoy continually or chronically
  18. harry
    annoy continually or chronically
  19. hassle
    annoy continually or chronically
  20. highlight
    move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  21. importance
    the quality of being significant or worthy of note
  22. insistence
    the act of insisting on something
  23. load
    an onerous or difficult concern
  24. nervousness
    the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
  25. pain
    emotional distress
  26. point up
    emphasize, especially by identification
  27. press home
    make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
  28. pressure
    an oppressive condition of physical or mental distress
  29. pressurize
    increase the pressure in or of
  30. restlessness
    inability to rest or relax or be still
  31. spotlight
    move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  32. strain
    test the limits of
  33. suffering
    psychological agony
  34. tautness
    the physical condition of being stretched or strained
  35. tense
    increase the stress on
  36. tension
    a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
  37. tightness
    a tight feeling in some part of the body
  38. trouble
    a strong feeling of anxiety
  39. underline
    give extra weight to (a communication)
  40. underscore
    give extra weight to
  41. uneasiness
    feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
  42. upset
    cause to lose one's composure
  43. weight
    burden with a load
  44. worry
    a strong feeling of anxiety
Created on Fri Apr 05 13:57:30 EDT 2024

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