Definition of stress

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Stress (n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance..

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Stitchery :: Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; a seamstress.
Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation..
Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..
Accent :: Accent (n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold..
Cloistress :: Cloistress (n.) A nun.
Replevin :: Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child..
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise..
Distressed :: Distressed (imp. & p. p.) of Distres.
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex..
Housewifery :: Housewifery (n.) The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.
Darkness :: Darkness (n.) A state of distress or trouble.
Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress..
Presentiment :: Presentiment (n.) Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding..
Needy :: Needy (superl.) Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc..
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