stressed AC /strest/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: stressed, stressful; verb: stress; noun: stress]

1. [not before noun] (also stressed out) informal so worried and tired that you cannot relax:
I always eat when I’m feeling stressed.

2. technical an object, especially a metal object, that is stressed has had a lot of pressure or force put on it

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worried not feeling happy or relaxed because you keep thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen:
I was worried that you had forgotten our date.
It’s awful if you are worried about money.
I was so worried that I couldn’t sleep at all.
anxious worried because you think something bad might happen or has happened. Anxious is more formal than worried, and is often used about a general feeling of worry, when you are not sure what has happened:
A lot of employees are anxious about their jobs.
Anxious relatives waited for news.
nervous worried or frightened about something you are going to do or experience, and unable to relax:
Everyone feels nervous before an exam.
The thought of going into hospital was making me nervous.
uneasy a little worried because you feel there may be something wrong and you are not sure what is going to happen:
When she still wasn’t home by midnight, I began to feel uneasy.
The total silence was making me feel uneasy.
concerned formal worried, usually about a problem affecting someone else or affecting the country or the world:
Many people are concerned about the current economic situation.
Police say that they are concerned for the safety of the missing girl.
bothered [not before noun] worried by something that happens – often used in negative sentences:
She didn’t seem particularly bothered by the news.
troubled very worried, so that you think about something a lot:
She fell into a troubled sleep.
a troubled expression
‘Are you okay, Ben? You look troubled.’
apprehensive especially written a little worried about something you are going to do, or about the future, because you are not sure what it will be like:
I felt a bit apprehensive about seeing him again after so long.
stressed (out) informal very worried and tired because of problems, too much work etc, and unable to relax or enjoy life:
He’d been working ten hours a day for ages and was stressed out.
an extremely stressed single mother

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