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10 Language-to-English DictionariesStressful
/ˈstrɛs.fəl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Causing or marked by stress; inducing mental or emotional strain.
"The project deadline was stressful for the entire team." - 2
Characterized by or full of stress.
"She found her new job to be quite stressful due to the long hours."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'stressful' is derived from the noun 'stress', which comes from the Latin 'stringere', meaning 'to draw tight'. The term evolved in the 20th century to describe psychological pressure, leading to the adjective form 'stressful' to denote situations that induce stress.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stressful" is said worldwide
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stressant
Transliteration: stressant
"Le travail peut être très stressant."
stressig
Transliteration: stressig
"Die Arbeit kann sehr stressig sein."
stressante
Transliteration: stressante
"Il lavoro può essere molto stressante."
estresante
Transliteration: estresante
"El trabajo puede ser muy estresante."
estressante
Transliteration: estressante
"O trabalho pode ser muito estressante."
तनावपूर्ण
Transliteration: tanavapūrṇa
"यह काम बहुत तनावपूर्ण हो सकता है।"
压力大的
Transliteration: yālì dà de
"这项工作可能会很压力大。"
스트레스가 많은
Transliteration: seuteureseuga manheun
"이 일은 스트레스가 많을 수 있습니다."
ストレスの多い
Transliteration: sutoresu no ōi
"この仕事はストレスの多いものかもしれません。"
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