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stress
noun as in emphasis
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accent, accentuation, beat, force, import, importance, significance, urgency
noun as in physical or mental pressure
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agony, anxiety, burden, crunch, fear, hardship, hassle, heat, intensity, nervousness, strain, tension, trauma, worry
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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
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verb as in accentuate, emphasize
Example Sentences
“Tell yourself, ‘I’m enjoying tonight regardless,’ repeating positive affirmations to yourself, which can lower stress and cortisol levels.”
Other tidbits from the report are that reserve managers feel inclined to move their portfolios toward shorter-duration government bonds because it can be sold quickly during periods of stress.
Make sure to choose a few options that you can easily make-ahead or serve cold to save yourself the stress of needing half a dozen hot dishes on the table at once.
Travelers are encouraged to pack light to get through security and arrive early to the airport to avoid travel stress.
Because if issues are not discussed when they arise, they are likely to pop up the next time there is a moment of stress, when they are more likely to be expressed in a negative way, and so become harder to control.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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