stressful

Thân thiện

The student finds the upcoming exam very stressful.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Causing mental or emotional strain: Describing a situation, event, or period that induces significant pressure, tension, or anxiety. 2. Full of or characterized by stress: Involving conditions that test one's ability to cope.

Usage and Examples

• Describing a situation or period:
  • Moving to a new country can be a stressful experience.
  • The weeks leading up to the final exam were incredibly stressful.
• Describing a task or environment:
  • She found her job in the emergency room to be highly stressful.
  • It was a stressful day at the office with multiple urgent deadlines.

Advanced Usage

• Comparative and Superlative Forms: "stressful" → "more stressful" → "the most stressful".
  • Public speaking is often more stressful for people than writing a report.
  • That was the most stressful week of my life.
• Used with verbs like "find," "consider," "deem":
  • Many people find long commutes stressful.
  • The court deemed the working conditions excessively stressful.

Variants and Related Words

• Stress (noun/verb): The state of strain or the cause of it; to apply pressure or emphasis.
  • Noun: She is under a lot of stress. Verb: I must stress the importance of this point.
• Stressfully (adverb): In a manner that causes stress.
  • The day passed stressfully from one crisis to the next.
• Stressfulness (noun): The quality or state of being stressful.
  • The stressfulness of the situation was overwhelming.

Synonyms

• Demanding: Requiring much skill, effort, or attention.
• Trying: Difficult to deal with; annoying.
• Nerve-racking (or nerve-wracking): Extremely irritating or stressful to the nerves.
• Pressured: Characterized by a sense of urgency or obligation.
• Taxing: Physically or mentally demanding.

Antonyms

• Relaxing: Reducing tension or anxiety.
• Calm: Free from stress or excitement.
• Peaceful: Free from disturbance; tranquil.
• Undemanding: Requiring little effort or attention.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• A stressful situation: A common collocation emphasizing the circumstances.
  • Being stuck in traffic is a universally stressful situation.
• Under stress: Experiencing stressful conditions (uses the noun form).
  • People often make poor decisions when under stress.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. extremely irritating to the nerves
   • nerve-racking noise
   • the stressful days before a war
   • a trying day at the office

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nerve-racking
• nerve-wracking
• trying