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Stressful   /strˈɛsfəl/   Listen
Stressful

adjective
1.
Extremely irritating to the nerves.  Synonyms: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, trying.  "The stressful days before a war" , "A trying day at the office"






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"Stressful" Quotes from Famous Books



... back into the old channels of worry and thought, just as life itself slips back after a stressful period. The little Doctor sighed again and sat down to write the letter and to discuss with the Old Man ...
— The Flying U's Last Stand • B. M. Bower

... moment's fear was too stressful to be so easily set at rest. "Wait—do you hear?" She slipped from the bed, and, with her eyes still fastened on him she groped about till she found her down slippers. Willoughby had slowly opened the door, but his wife angrily reached over his shoulder and pushed it shut. ...
— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine



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