Stresses

noun verb

(Cause of) discomfort.

What it means

  1. (noun) (Cause of) discomfort.
  2. (noun) Serious danger.
  3. (noun) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
  4. (noun) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
  5. (noun) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
  6. (noun) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
  7. (noun) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
  8. (noun) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
  9. (noun) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
  10. (noun) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal. “Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.”
  11. (noun) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word. “Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.”
  12. (noun) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.

Letter analysis

  • Stresses contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
  • It uses 4 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 8.

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Common questions

What does Stresses mean?

(Cause of) discomfort.

How many letters are in Stresses?

Stresses has 8 letters.

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