stress

Strongest match

weight

Strong matches

accent, accentuation, beat, force, import, importance, significance, urgency

Strongest matches

agony, anxiety, burden, crunch, fear, hardship, hassle, heat, intensity, nervousness, strain, tension, trauma, worry

Strong matches

affliction, alarm, albatross, apprehensiveness, clutch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, impatience, misgiving, mistrust, oppression, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tensity, tightness, traction, trepidation, trial, urgency

Weak matches

nervous tension, overextension

Strongest matches

repeat, underline, underscore

Strong matches

accent, belabor, feature, headline, italicize, spot, spotlight

Weak matches

dwell on, harp on, lay emphasis on, make emphatic, play up, point up, rub in

Strong matches

afflict, burden, crunch, distend, force, fret, hassle, overdo, overextend, pull, spring, strain, stretch, tense, traumatize, worry

Weak matches

put in traction, put on trial, tense up