Thesaurus / stresses
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synonyms for stresses
- nervousness
- tension
- anxiety
- hardship
- crunch
- agony
- intensity
- strain
- heat
- trauma
- burden
- hassle
- fear
- worry
- expectancy
- force
- spring
- affliction
- impatience
- stretch
- disquiet
- traction
- passion
- ferment
- fearfulness
- draw
- distention
- protraction
- oppression
- misgiving
- trepidation
- flutter
- pull
- albatross
- disquietude
- restlessness
- extension
- clutch
- alarm
- mistrust
- trial
- dread
- urgency
- tautness
- tenseness
- tightness
- tensity
- apprehensiveness
- nervous tension
- overextension
- repeat
- underline
- underscore
- headline
- accent
- spot
- feature
- belabor
- spotlight
- italicize
- dwell on
- harp on
- play up
- lay emphasis on
- make emphatic
- point up
- rub in
- distend
- crunch
- overdo
- force
- afflict
- pull
- stretch
- spring
- traumatize
- strain
- tense
- burden
- hassle
- worry
- fret
- overextend
- put in traction
- put on trial
- tense up
antonyms for stresses
MOST RELEVANT
- unimportance
- trust
- confidence
- certainty
- contentedness
- help
- peace
- ease
- relaxation
- indifference
- ignorance
- calm
- relief
- health
- happiness
- calmness
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Their mental functions are less stable naturally, and are subject to greater physical strains and stresses.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYThe impact stresses depend so much on local conditions that it is difficult to fix what allowance should be made.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSFor all these reasons the stresses due to the live load are greater than those due to the same load resting quietly on the bridge.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSFor shearing stresses the working stress may have 0.8 of its value for tension.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSExcept when the limiting stresses are of opposite sign, the two tables agree very well.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSThe cantilever and suspended girder types are as economical and free from uncertainty as to the stresses.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSWe give you the job of figuring out the stresses and strains involved.
ISLANDS OF SPACEJOHN W CAMPBELLPerhaps you do not read the poem in this way; mark the stresses for yourself, without looking at the book.
THE SOUNDS OF SPOKEN ENGLISHWALTER RIPPMANNThe main centre of the beam is supported by a “gallows-frame” of timbers so arranged as to receive all stresses longitudinally.
A HISTORY OF THE GROWTH OF THE STEAM-ENGINEROBERT H. THURSTONOur wars, our social conflict, our enormous economic stresses, are all aspects of that adjustment.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLS