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Stressed - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: stress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accentuate, emphasize
Synonyms: accent, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on*, headline*, play up, repeat, spot, spotlight*, underline*, underscore*, italicize, lay emphasis on, make emphatic, point up, rub in
Antonyms: attenuate, reduce, relax
Main Entry: stress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put under physical or mental pressure
Synonyms: afflict, burden, crunch, distend, force, fret, hassle, overdo, pull, spring, strain, stretch, tense, worry, overextend, put in traction, put on trial, tense up, traumatize
Main Entry: drawn
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tense, fatigued
Synonyms: fraught, haggard, peaked, starved, strained, taut, thin, tired, worn, harassed, harrowed, pinched, sapped, stressed
Antonyms: relaxed, unstressed
Main Entry: emphatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: insistent, unequivocal
Synonyms: absolute, assertive, assured, categorical, certain, cogent, confident, decided, definite, definitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, energetic, explicit, express, flat, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, marked, momentous, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, pronounced, significant, sober, solemn, striking, strong, sure, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, vigorous, accented, for a face, no mistake, resounding, stressed
Antonyms: equivocal, indefinite, indistinct, insignificant, reserved, understated, unpronounced
Main Entry: harried
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pressured
Synonyms: agitated, anxious, at wit's end, beset, bothered, distressed, harassed, hard-pressed, stressed, troubled, worried
Main Entry: overworked
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worn out
Synonyms: exhausted, fatigued, strained, stressed out, tense, burned out, overburdened, overloaded, overtaxed, stressed, under stress
Main Entry: taut
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rigid, tight
Synonyms: close, firm, snug, stiff, strained, tense, trim, unyielding, flexed, stressed, stretched, tightly drawn
Notes: taunt meant to mock or tease someone; taut means tightly stretched or tense
Antonyms: droopy, flabby, loose, slack
Main Entry: accent
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place emphasis, importance
Synonyms: accentuate, emphasize, highlight, intensify, stress, underline, underscore, draw attention to
Antonyms: minimize, disacknowledge
Main Entry: accentuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: focus attention on
Synonyms: accent, emphasize, feature, highlight, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore, bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to, give prominence to, point up
Antonyms: mask, divert attention from
Main Entry: assert
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: insist, declare, maintain
Synonyms: advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in*, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off*, pop off*, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant
Antonyms: deny, reject
Main Entry: declare
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make known clearly or officially
Synonyms: acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allege, announce, argue, assert, attest, aver, avow, blaze, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, publish, render, repeat, reveal, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch, allegate, asservate, be positive, bring forward, give out, propound, put forward, reaffirm, reassert, set forth
Antonyms: deny, disavow, retract
Main Entry: distress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: worry, upset
Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to*, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off*, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound
Antonyms: assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe
Main Entry: enforce
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put a rule, plan in force
Synonyms: accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to
Antonyms: abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up
Main Entry: feature
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give prominence to
Synonyms: accentuate, advertise, blaze*, emphasize, headline*, mark, play up*, present, promote, spotlight*, star, stress, underline, underscore, call attention to, italicize, make conspicuous, point up*, set off*
Antonyms: disregard, ignore
Main Entry: harass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: badger
Synonyms: annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag*, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to*, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw*, harry, hassle, heckle, hound*, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry
Antonyms: aid, assist, facilitate, help, support
Main Entry: impress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: establish, fix, inculcate, instill, press, set, stress, bring home, drive home, get into head
Antonyms: neglect
Main Entry: intensify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make more forceful, severe
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, add to, aggrandize, aggravate, augment, beef up*, boost, brighten, build up, concentrate, darken, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, exalt, heighten, increase, lighten, magnify, point, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, sharpen, spike*, step up, strengthen, stress, whet, add fuel, heat up, intensate, pour it on, set off, tone up
Antonyms: calm, lower, slow, soothe, weaken
Main Entry: maintain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assert, claim; argue for
Synonyms: advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, hold, insist, justify, persist, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, state, stress, uphold, vindicate, fight for, plead for, stand by
Antonyms: condemn, desert, discard, forget
Main Entry: pain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, trouble
Synonyms: ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound, cut to the quick, excruciate, harrow, hit where one lives
Antonyms: aid, assist, assuage, help, please
Main Entry: play up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accentuate, feature, highlight, magnify, stress, underline, underscore, bring to the fore, call attention to, italicize, make a production of, point up, turn spotlight on
Antonyms: play down, underrate, undervalue, deemphasize
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